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Marseille-Fos Port

Field	Value
name	Marseille Fos port
image	Marseille_harbour_mg_6383.jpg
image_size	300px
image_caption	Container ship in the east basin (Marseille)
country	France
location	Marseille, Fos-sur-Mer
coordinates
opened	15th century (quays construction)
type	grand port maritime
employees	41,500
arrivals	~10,000 (2019)
cargotonnage	79 million tonnes (2019)
containervolume	1,454,621 TEU (2019)
passengertraffic	3.1 million (2019)
website	marseille-port.fr

Marseille-Fos Port (; ) is the main trade seaport of France. In 2011, the port had an overall traffic of 88 million tons. It is the tenth-largest cruise port in the world and the third-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 has an annual turnover of €169.5 million and a traffic of €4 billion according to an OECD study.

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, making it the 41st port in the world.

History

Historically the Old Port of Marseille functioned as the city's primary port. In the 1840s, maritime traffic becomes too intense for its capacities and an extension seemed necessary. As second port of France, the issue was too important and the national government took action, passing a law on August 5, 1844, toward the construction of a new basin at la Joliette, to the north of the Old Port, through an ambitious project (13 million francs). The construction of the large mole used concrete block techniques. The Joliette infrastructures began to be used in 1847. The basin was fully completed in 1853.

The Development Council for the metropolitan area of Marseille-Provence has studied the creation of a technopole, or technoport, to redynamise the port activities. It would include the capacity to repair ships over 270 m (885 ft or 295 yd) long, offshore wind turbines and other innovative technologies.

Traffic statistics

General cargo (tons)	Containers (TEU)	Passengers
86 M	953,435	2.06 M
88 M	944,047	2.3 M
85.79 M	1,062,408	2.4 M
78.52 M	1,179,910	2.5 M
80.45 M	1,407,387	3.01 M
78.89 M	1,454,621	3.13 M

References

"Port de Marseille Fos - Grand Port Maritime de Marseille - www.marseille-port.fr".
(January 2019). "LA LOGISTIQUE EN RÉGION SUD PROVENCE-ALPES COTE D'AZUR".
"Port de Marseille Fos - Grand Port Maritime de Marseille - www.marseille-port.fr".
http://www.marseille-port.fr/v_anglaise/presse/communiques/fichiers/2013/news_port_marseille_fos_0502_2013.pdf {{dead link. (January 2018)
{{in lang. fr [http://boulesteix.blog.lemonde.fr/files/2013/03/Avis_TECHNOPORT_VD.pdf ''Avis - Vers la création d'un technoport sur le territoire Marseille-Povence''] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-06 , Conseil de Développement Marseille-Provence Métropole, June 2013.)
(April 2004). "Le port autonome de Marseille. Histoire des hommes. Les dockers". Le Mouvement Social.

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