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Fos-sur-Mer

UN/LOCODE FRFOS · France · Europe · 13

Reference

Coordinates: 43.4333, 4.9333
Time zone: Europe/ParisUTC +01:00observes DST
Local currency: EUR— Euro
Languages: fr
Nearest airport: MRSMarseille Provence Airport~23 km
Electricity: 230 V50 Hzplugs C, E(country default — verify at berth)
Climate: CfbOceanic / temperate
Country-coastal Köppen zone (most ports cluster on the coast). For port-coordinate resolution use Kottek 2006 0.5° grid.
Function codes: 123---7-
seaport · rail terminal · road terminal · fixed transport (pipeline / cable)

Operational details

Compiled from public port-authority and P&I-club directories. Always verify current contacts via your agent before arrival.

Pilotage / VTS

VTS Port-Bouic / Fos Martigues Control

VHF: Ch 16 / 12 / 74
Phone: +33 4 42 11 00 00
Web: www.marseille-port.fr

P&I correspondents

· Ince & Co France (Gard, Skuld)
· CMS Francis Lefebvre Marseille (UK Club)
· Bureau Veritas Marine France

Port agents

· GAC France Fos
· Inchcape France
· CMA CGM Agency Fos

ISPS security level (normal): 1

Part of Grand Port Maritime de Marseille; large LNG, crude oil and container terminals; Mistral wind disruptions; Suez/Asia route gateway for France.

Helplines for seafarers in France

Welfare, abandonment, wages, medical, mental health, harassment — 24/7 lines where available. See full helplines directory.

MDAT-GoG (Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade — Gulf of Guinea)
Africa · 24/7 · en, fr
📞 +33 2 98 22 88 88 [email protected]mdat-gog.org
Centre de Consultation Médicale Maritime (Toulouse)
Global · 24/7 · fr, en
📞 +33 5 34 39 33 33 [email protected]www.chu-toulouse.fr
ISWAN SeafarerHelp
Global · 24/7 · en, ar, es, fr
📞 +44 800 012 1004 WhatsApp [email protected]www.seafarerhelp.org
ITF Seafarers
Global · 24/7 for emergencies · en
📞 +44 20 7403 2733 [email protected]www.itfseafarers.org
IMO/ILO Database of Abandonment of Seafarers
Global · Online · en
www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.home
Find A Helpline
Global · Online · en
findahelpline.com

Other ports in France

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Port-state-control region: paris MoU · how to file a PSC complaint.

Sources & verification (14)

country_iso3 · ISO 3166-1 (FR)retrieved 2026-05-05
country_name · ISO 3166-1 (FR)retrieved 2026-05-05
currency_code · ISO 4217:2015 (EUR)retrieved 2026-05-05
currency_name · ISO 4217:2015 (EUR)retrieved 2026-05-05
languages · CIA World Factbook (public domain), national-language listing (FR)retrieved 2026-05-05
timezone_iana · IANA tz database (Europe/Paris)retrieved 2026-05-05
timezone_dst · ECMA-402 Intl.DateTimeFormat (computed) (Europe/Paris)retrieved 2026-05-05
electricity · IEC TR 60083 plug-and-socket standard list (FR)retrieved 2026-05-05
function_codes_expanded · UNECE Rec. 16 — UN/LOCODE function-code mask (123---7-)retrieved 2026-05-05
timezone_utc_offset · ECMA-402 Intl.DateTimeFormat (computed) (Europe/Paris)retrieved 2026-05-06
nearest_major_airport · OurAirports (CC0) — davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data (MRS)retrieved 2026-05-07
wikidata_qid · Wikidata SPARQL (P1937 UN/LOCODE join) (Q455657)retrieved 2026-05-07
osm_relation_id · Wikidata SPARQL (P1937 UN/LOCODE join) (Q455657)retrieved 2026-05-07
climate_classification · Kottek et al. 2006 / Beck et al. 2018 — country-coastal Köppen zone (FR)retrieved 2026-05-07

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