Marseille-Fos Port

Marseille Fos port
Container ship in the east basin (Marseille)
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Location
CountryFrance
LocationMarseille, Fos-sur-Mer
Coordinates43°20′31″N 5°20′10″E / 43.34194°N 5.33611°E / 43.34194; 5.33611
Details
Opened15th century (quays construction)
Type of harbourgrand port maritime
Employees41,500
Statistics
Vessel arrivals~10,000 (2019)
Annual cargo tonnageDecrease 79 million tonnes (2019)[1]
Annual container volumeIncrease 1,454,621 TEU (2019)
Passenger trafficIncrease 3.1 million (2019)
Website
marseille-port.fr

Marseille-Fos Port (French: Grand port maritime de Marseille, lit.'Great Seaport of Marseille') is the main trade seaport of France. In 2011, the port had an overall traffic of 88 million tons. It was also one of the 15 world's largest cruise ports and the fifth-largest in the Mediterranean.

It has two main sites: in northern Marseille from La Joliette to l'Estaque as well as in Fos-sur-Mer, about 50 km (31 mi) north west of Marseille. The port generates 41,500 jobs[2] has an annual turnover of €169.5 million[3] and a traffic of €4 billion according to an OECD study.[4]

The port is the biggest French port, the third biggest Mediterranean port and the seventh biggest European port, transporting 79 million tons of goods in 2019,[3] making it the 41st port in the world.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Port de Marseille Fos - Grand Port Maritime de Marseille - www.marseille-port.fr". Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  2. ^ "LA LOGISTIQUE EN RÉGION SUD PROVENCE-ALPES COTE D'AZUR". AGAM: Agence d'urbanisme de l'agglomération marseillaise (in French). January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Port de Marseille Fos - Grand Port Maritime de Marseille - www.marseille-port.fr". www.marseille-port.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  4. ^ http://www.marseille-port.fr/v_anglaise/presse/communiques/fichiers/2013/news_port_marseille_fos_0502_2013.pdf [permanent dead link]