Container lines are advising shippers and forwarders to divert French-bound cargo through Spanish or Italian ports as a result of new strike action at the Fos container terminals near Marseilles.
A strike has been called to take place at Fos today and a number of container carriers have already cancelled forthcoming calls at the port in fear of disruption to schedules.
Between October 20 and November 5, 14 calls at Fos have been cancelled by carriers including Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, United Arab Shipping Co and Mediterranean Shipping Co, out of a scheduled 40 containership calls; while at the Mourepiane container terminal in Marseilles, which serves the port’s shortsea customers, 14 sailings out of 35 have been cancelled between October 13 and November 4.