The Port Authority of Marseille-Fos has announced that in the In the first half of 2024, the French port handled 34.8 million tonnes of goods, a volume similar to that of totaled in the first half of last year according to the official statistics released by the Ministry of Transition and cohesion of the territories. With about 10 million tonnes The general cargo sector has seen growth by +14%, offsetting the decline in dry bulk cargo. In the sector alone of containers - specified the port authority - the traffic is was equal to 719 thousand TEUs, with an increase of +7% on the first six months of 2023. The authority explained that this increase is attributable to various factors and, in particular, to the arrival in the French stopover of transhipment ports previously operated in Moroccan port of Tanger Med and in the Spanish port of Algeciras.

In the liquid bulk sector, traffic remained stable having amounted to 21.6 million tons. The volume of crude oil fell by -5% to 9.8 million of tonnes, while imports of petroleum products increased by +10% to 5.5 million tonnes and a increase of +9% was also marked by petroleum gas liquefied with 1.03 million tons.

According to the figures communicated by the French body, it appears that the Dry bulk traffic stood at less than 3.2 million of tons, with a decrease of about -30% on the first half of the year last year. The Port Authority has announced that in this sector the traffic of agri-food bulk has grown by +26% to 190 thousand tons thanks to the significant demand from from the nations of the Mediterranean.

In the passenger segment, total traffic was 1.57 million people (+2%), with a traffic increased by +3% to 1.06 million passengers.

Based on data released by the French port authority, it follows that the traffic of goods in the second quarter of the 2024 amounted to over 18 million tons, with a decrease of -5% on the same period of last year and with decreases in liquid (-7%) and solid (-40%) bulk volumes partially offset by the significant increase (+17%) in goods Various.