Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) July 16, 2018 – French shipper CMA CGM has launched a direct route between China and Southeast Asia to North Europe, passing through port of Tripoli as a... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – The outgoing energy minister said that the first exploration period in blocks 4 and 9 of the EEZ could last up to three years and that the... Read more
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – CMA CGM has started its Adrimed service, which will connect Koper, Piraeus, Limassol, Alexandria, Beirut and Mersin ports. Adrimed star... Read more
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) April 8, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has published full statistics for TEU traffic at leading Mediterranean and Black Sea ports for the period... Read more
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) March 6, 2018 – The port of Tripoli has announced $16.6 million revenues in 2017, up 14.2% on 2016. “The deployment of giant cranes at the containe... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) March 6, 2018 – Beirut port saw revenue of $245.1 million 2017, up 0.4% on the previous year. “The real increase in the activity of the port is mor... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) February 9, 2018 – Rodolphe Saadé, CEO of CMA CGM, the French shipper, has given an interview to L’Orient-Le Jour and commented on the company... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – German container shipping company Hamburg Süd is to set up a transshipment hub at the Port of Beirut (PoB). Hamburg Süd’s official loca... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 14, 2018 – Transshipment of goods went up 40% in 2017 compared to 2016, according to the Port Authority of Beirut (PoB). The past two years have s... Read more
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The World Economic Forum reports that ten years on from the global financial crisis, the prospects for a sustained economic recove... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – The new certificate in shipping and logistics by l’École supérieure des affaires (ESA) in Lebanon, the French CMA CGM shipping g... Read more
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 12, 2017 – The French CMA CGM group has opened the first logistics storehouse in Lebanon in the Bekaa valley in Taanayel. With a total area of 2... Read more
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 7, 2017 – CMA CGM, the French global shipping group, is bolstering its service offering to Lebanon, serving Tripoli port, Lebanon’s second large... Read more
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 18, 2017 – The port of Tripoli on the Lebanese Mediterranean coast is taking active steps to develop its potential with an eye to playing a role i... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) July 28, 2017 – In July 2016, Fransabank organized a “One Belt & One Road to Beijing” in the Chinese capital where local companies and consumers were... Read more
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – The Lebanese government is to take steps to develop the northern sea port of Tripoli. The head of the Investment Development Authority of... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The Lebanese Council of Ministers is to continue the maritime transport export subsidy program managed by the Investment Development Author... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – In March 2017: the number of vessels visiting the port increased to 190 from 182 in the previous month. TEUs came in at 69,668 (63,290) TEU... Read more
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) March 7, 2017 – Tripoli port has received a delivery of cranes and equipment from China which should help increase port capacity and its ability to compe... Read more
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) February 7, 2017 – Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon, Wang Kijian, toured on Tuesday Tripoli port, along with a delegation of Lebanese economic figures and C... Read more
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 20, 2017 – The Port of Beirut (PoB) and Port of Tripoli (PoT) reported revenues of $254 million (€237.7 million) in 2016, a 6% drop on 2015 for P... Read more