Last year, the port of Marseille Fos handled 70.5 million tonnes of goods, with a decrease of about 1.5 million tons compared to 2023. The announced the Port Authority of the French port communicating the main financial and investment data relating to to 2024 registered by the institution. Last year, the traffic of the was equal to 1.45 million TEUs, with a growth of +9% than in the transhipment flow alone - explained The Authority - was stimulated by the diversion of the routes around the Cape of Good Hope due to the crisis in the Red Sea, generating an increase in transhipments of almost 65 thousand TEU. Containerized import and export traffic also marked an increase of 53,500 TEUs which was particularly strong compared to strategic business partners such as China (+12%), Algeria (+12%), Turkey (+13%), La Réunion (+25%), Egypt (+25%) and India (+6%).

In 2024, the total number of miscellaneous goods handled by the port French was equal to about 19.7 million tons compared to 18.1 million in the previous year. Bulk volumes liquid and solid assets, on the other hand, suffered reductions in -2% and -26% having amounted to 44.3 million and 6.5 million tons against about 45.4 million and 8.7 million tons in the 2023. With regard to liquid bulk cargo, the port authority has specified that the traffic of refined petroleum products only marked an increase of +10% which made it possible to offset the effect of the technical shutdown of the Esso and Cressier refineries in Switzerland as well as the -16% drop in natural gas traffic liquified. Gas volumes also grew (+13%) of liquefied oil thanks to a high demand amplified by the European ban on imports of Russian LPG. As for the sensible decrease in dry bulk cargo, the Authority specified that this is mainly due to the almost total closure of two blast furnaces of ArcelorMittal and the administration of the subsidiary of the port terminal managed by the Carfos group Sea-Invest.

Last year, passenger traffic at the French airport was 3.9 million people compared to over four million in 2023. In particular, cruise passengers have dropped to 2.4 million compared to over 2.5 million in 2023, while the traffic of passengers on regular lines was stable with 1.5 millions of passengers handled.