In the first half of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Marseille-Fos amounted to 37 million tonnes, with a growth of +7% over the first half of last year determined by the increase in bulk volumes that counterbalanced the decline in miscellaneous goods. Particularly marked was the increase in dry bulk cargo to 3.9 million tonnes (+23%), mainly thanks to the 41% increase in steel volumes driven by ore imports for the ArcelorMittal plant. A substantial increase was liquid bulk cargo also recorded, totaling 23.6 million tons (+9%), including +4% increases in traffic of crude oil, +55% of liquefied natural gas, +1% liquefied petroleum gas and a recovery in product volumes chemicals driven by biofuels. Miscellaneous goods, with about 9.5 million tons, marked a decrease of -5%, with a container traffic alone, which amounted to 729 thousand TEU (+1%). Traffic of new cars increased by +18% Factory with 108 thousand vehicles handled.

The port authority of the port has announced that in the sector of traffic was driven by exchanges with Asia, particularly with China and India, while they declined volumes with the USA due to the suspension of a line with the East Coast of the United States.

In the passenger sector, the half-year balance sheet is 1.64 million people passed through the French port (+3%), of which 1.1 million cruise passengers (+5%) and 527 thousand passengers of the regular lines (0%), with a decrease of -1% relating to lines with the Corsica and increases in flows with Morocco (+80%) and Tunisia (+2%).