Technical Data
Port Specifications
- UNLOCODE
- FRFOS
- Port Type
- Multi-purpose
- Terminals
- 6
- Berth Count
- 40
- Max Draught
- 18 m
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
Conditions
Current Weather
Overview
About This Port
France's largest port by total cargo volume, with deep-water terminals at Fos-sur-Mer handling containers, crude oil, and LNG.
Location
Coordinates
43.4167°N, 4.8833°E
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Live Data
Port Congestion
30-Day Berth Occupancy Trend
Waiting Vessels Trend
Port-call activity
Arrivals, time in port and cargo operations detected from AIS — the position-inferred congestion signal, with the full dwell distribution rather than a single average.
- in port
- · 36 h
- in port
- in port
- in port
- · 3.9 d
- · 14 h
- in port
- · 7 h
- · 27 h
- · 13 h
- · 2.7 d
- · 6 h
- in port
- · 32 h
- · 21 h
- · 22 h
- · 38 h
Expected arrivals
6 inboundVessels underway broadcasting a destination that resolves to this port, closest first. Distance is the real sea route (around land and through canals); the computed ETA is at the vessel’s passage speed. The crew’s own reported ETA is shown alongside for comparison.
| Vessel | Type | Distance | Speed | ETA (computed) | Crew ETA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEPTUNE AVRA | Vehicles Carrier | 24 nm | 9.4 kn | 30 Jun | 28 Jun |
| ARAMIS | General Cargo | 64 nm | 8.3 kn | 30 Jun | 30 Jun |
| MOONRAY | General Cargo | 126 nm | 7.9 kn | 30 Jun | 30 Jun |
| GIULIA IEVOLI | Oil or Chemical Tanker | 387 nm | 12.0 kn | 1 Jul | 1 Jul |
| MSC ALABAMA III | Container Ship | 1056 nm | 14.7 kn | 3 Jul | 3 Jul |
| OCEANA FRONTIER | Bulk Carrier | 1388 nm | 8.6 kn | 7 Jul | 5 Jul |
Risk & quality
Port risk & quality
A coverage-weighted blend of recorded Port-State-Control detentions, marine casualties and live congestion at Port of Marseille-Fos. Higher means more risk exposure for a ship calling here — it is a count of recorded events, not a judgement of the port's management.
Built from 33% of the three signals (scored on a single signal — treat as indicative).
Method. Each signal is normalised to 0–10 against an empirical cap, then blended weighting safety (detentions 0.40, casualties 0.35) above operational congestion (0.25). A port is scored only on the signals it has data for, and the weights renormalise — a missing signal is never credited as a safe 0.
Coverage. PSC and casualty data here is regional (US, UK, Canada), so most ports show only congestion and carry a low-confidence flag. Detention/casualty counts come from a country-scoped name match (≈60% of US detentions resolve); unmatched records are dropped, not force-fit.
Detention and casualty signals are screened against open port-state-control and marine-casualty records, combined with our own AIS-derived congestion. Updated Jun 23, 2026.
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