Marseilles steams ahead with expansion drive

The port’s board has also approved the extension of the Fos Distriport logistics zone and the construction of a canal to improve access between Fos container terminals and the Rhone inland waterways system.

Subject to feasibility approval, a tender for the proposed additional terminals, to be known as Fos 3XL and Fos 4XL, will start in 2008, with the terminals due on stream between seven and ten years later.Meanwhile, space at Fos Distriport, the Port of Marseille Authority’s 180-hectare logistics zone development, has sold out – prompting plans to expand the multi-modal park by more than 50%.