Post reform growth targets set out by French ports
Targets of the 5-year strategic plans (2009-2013) of three of France’s Grands Ports Maritimes (GPMs), Marseille, Le Havre and Dunkirk, have been drawn up in accordance with the July 2008 ports reform law, following approval by their respective Supervisory Boards, and the highlights have been made available to Worldcargo News.
GPM de Marseille-Fos’ target is to hit 120 Mtpa by 2013 (and 150 Mtpa by 2020) compared to 96 Mt in 2008. This includes 5M TEU of container traffic in 2020 (850,000 TEU in 2008) and 17 Mt of dry bulk traffic in 2013 (13 Mt in 2008) and 22 Mtpa by 2020. Ro-ro traffic in the Marseilles harbour area is expected to grow from 4 Mt in 2008 to 5.5 Mt by 2013 and 7 Mt by 2020. Alongside new or extended ore and cereals plants, future action also focuses on multimodal and environmental initiatives....
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