Beirut
Beirut is a seaport on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and Capital city of Lebanon. Since the 1980s, Lebanon has been experiencing armed conflict involving armed and proxy forces of local factions and neighbouring countries. On August 4, 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the port detonated. It caused at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and $15 billion in property damage, and leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless.
At the same time, CMA CGM signed a contact to manage Beirut container terminal which includes an ambitious investment plan. However, the port and country remain in a state of instability.
Analysis – Could French and German plans to rebuild Beirut port be combined?
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 12, 2021 – An ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction period by two German companies wants to...
The Project for a European revival of the Beirut Port and the surrounding area
Beirut, April 9, 2021 The Governor of Beirut,H.E. Mr. Marwan Abboud, the President of the Lebanese German Business Council (LGBC), Mr. Elias Assouad, a...
CMA CGM interested in the reconstruction of Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 9, 2021 – Joe Dakkak, general manager, CMA CGM Lebanon, and Christine Cabau Woehrel, director in charge of industrial...
Analysis – Germany enters the fray for the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut; What about France, China, Turkey, the USA, Russia, the UAE & Kuwait?
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 7, 2021 – Germany is reportedly prepared to submit a proposal for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut, which was...
Demolition recommended for destroyed silos in port of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 6, 2021 – A report by the Swiss consultant Amann Engineering GmbH says that the partially-destroyed silos, severely...
German company Combi Lift reports “a highly pure nuclear substance” at the Zahrani oil installation, south of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 3, 2021 – German company Combi Lift has reported the discovery “a highly pure nuclear substance” at the Zahrani...
Germany set to submit proposal for Beirut port rebuild
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 2, 2021 – Local sources in Germany reported this week that Berlin plans to submit a proposal for the reconstruction...
France’s Recy group sign recycling study contract with Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Port of Beirut has signed an agreement with the Rey Group of France to prepare a study on recycling...
CMA CGM to make regular use of Lebanon’s Tripoli port
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 – The Port Authority of Tripoli has reported that CMA CGM, the French shipping line, will use the port as...
CMA CGM’s new NC Levant Service links Mediterranean ports
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) January 12, 2021 – The arrival of the CMA CGM WHITE SHARK in Hamburg on 9 January 2021 has marked the start of the NC...
UIG pays $1.13 million for grain cargo damaged in Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) December 30, 2020 – Ukrainian Insurance Group (UIG) has paid out insurance compensation of $1.33 million for a cargo of...
Beirut port see revenue down over 40% in first ten months
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 27, 2020 – In the first 10 months of 2020, Beirut port handled 373,737 containers, a decrease of 42.2% on the same...
Beirut port hires German company to dispose of 49 containers of flammable chemicals
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – The local authorities have contract Bremen-based Combi Lift to remove flammable and highly reactive...
Analysis – France expected to beat China in the race for the Port of Beirut – Hezbollah is the main obstacle
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – Two months after the deadly explosions that destroyed most of Beirut port, Lebanon’s largest, it is...
Huge fire erupts in Beirut port, 36 days after deadly explosion
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) September 10, 2020 – A huge fire erupted in Lebanon’s largest port of Beirut in a warehouse storing cooking oil and then...
Over four tonnes of ammonium nitrate found near Beirut port
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) September 4, 2020 – The Lebanese army has stated that a further 4.35 tons of ammonium nitrate has been found in the Port of...
Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silos
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 24, 2020 – Local sources have reported that Kuwait is to rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was...