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Published on: 01/19/2024 Last Updated: 01/19/2024 By: Adeline Descamps

The port of Marseille Fos has absorbed the blows and counter-blows of the world where the crises have stratified in 2023. The economic situation, geopolitical tensions, social movements at the start of the year have pulled all sectors down, except the passenger. The overall traffic of the second French port is down 7%, barely exceeding 70 Mt.

In a turbulent context, from Russia’s declaration of war on its Ukrainian neighbor to the latest events in the Red Sea, where the Houthis are shooting merchant ships, the Grand Port of Marseille has not escaped geopolitical sanction.

“Global dizziness” on the one hand, according to the expression of Christophe Castaner, and social movements on the local level on the other, have not done the business of the Mediterranean port, which recorded an overall traffic decline of 7 %, at 71.9 Mt. An underperformance which concerns all…

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2024-01-19 00:37:17
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