Lebanon
Lebanon is a country in the Middle East located on the Eastern Mediterranean Sea coastline. Its primary port is Beirut which was partially destroyed in an explosion on August 4, 2020. Earlier this year, the French logistics CMA CGM signed a contract to invest in and manage the port’s container terminal.
Beirut: Container (TEU) traffic – January 2024
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – The Port of Beirut has published total container (TEU) traffic for January 2024. In January 2024, total...
Beirut: Cargo report – January 2024
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 15, 2024 – The Port of Beirut has published cargo traffic numbers for January 2024. In January 2024, total cargo...
Cocaine seized in the port of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – 25.6 kg of the “basic ingredient of cocaine” concealed in the metal structure of a container with...
Lebanon’s Tripoli port sees cargo rise slightly in November 2023
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – The Port of Tripoli handled 272,000 tons of cargo in November 2023, down -15% on 319,000 tons in the...
Artelia, Egis present French plan to help rebuild Port of Beirut
Paris, France (Ports Europe) March 16, 2024 – The French engineering companies Artelia and Egis have proposed a plan to help rebuild the Port of Beirut....
Lebanese minister presents Beirut reconstruction plan
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe)- March 13, 2024—Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has delivered a speech presenting initial ideas on a reconstruction and...
Lebanon’s Tripoli port expansion
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – An ongoing expansion of Lebanon’s Mediterranean port of Tripoli (Office d’Exploitation du Port de...
Port of Tripoli, Lebanon, sees July cargo traffic down
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 13, 2023 – Cargo traffic at the Port of Tripoli, Lebanon, was 279,000 tons in July 2023, down -2.1% from 285,000...
Captagon drug via ports of Beirut, Latakia and Tripoli
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – The Syrian regime and Lebanese Hezbollah have adeptly woven the production, promotion, and smuggling of...
Arab-Hellenic Maritime Conference attracts regional participation
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – The first Arab-Hellenic Maritime Conference took place in Athens, July 5-6, 2023 and attracted wide regional...
Port of Beirut reports slight rise in February TEU traffic
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) June 5, 2023 – The port of Beirut has reported a slight rise in total container (TEU) handling of 58,537 TEU in February...
Lebanon’s Port of Tripoli sees 2022 cargo up over 50%
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) March 30, 2023 – The Port of Tripoli saw total cargo increase by 53% to 3.6 million tons in 2022. Exports increased 2.4...
CMA CGM making progress at the port of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) October 19, 2022 – The French logistics company CMA CGM is making progress with it work the Port of Beirut, largely...
Port of Beirut experiences further collapse of silos
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 25, 2022 – For the third time in a month, the Port of Beirut has experienced further collapse of silos. On August 4,...
Port of Beirut silos partially collapse
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 2, 2022 – Last Sunday, part of the grain silos at Beirut Port collapsed, bringing back memories of the explosion...
Ports of Marseille and Beirut sign cooperation agreement
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – The Ports of Marseille and Beirut have signed cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation...
Lebanon allows Iran to resume port visits
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) March 31, 2022 – Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamiyeh, has held a meeting with a delegation from Irisl, the...