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.
Damietta port attends East Mediterranean Maritime Conference (EMMC 2019)
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) July 3, 2019 – Tarik Shahin, Chairman of Damietta Port Authority joined the East Mediterranean Maritime Conference (EMMC...
Tripoli port challenges container checks in Beirut
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 16, 2019 – The Chinese news agency Xinhua has reported that Ahmad Tamer, Lebanon’s Tripoli Port Director...
Lebanese ports eye offshore EEZ benefits
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...
CMA CGM has started its Adrimed service linking Mediterranean ports
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – CMA CGM has started its Adrimed service, which will connect Koper, Piraeus, Limassol, Alexandria, Beirut...
Ranking: leading Mediterranean and Black Sea TEU ports for the period 2005-2017
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has published full statistics for TEU traffic at leading Mediterranean...
Turkish company Arkas Line attracts new business to Terminal Container Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 11, 2018 – Arkas Container Transport S.A., the Turkish container shipping company, is to start offering weekly...
Beirut wants to develop its port infrastructure for the next twenty years
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – Beirut port saw revenue of $245.1 million 2017, up 0.4% on the previous year. “The real increase...
Rodolphe Saade discusses CMA CGM in the Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Rodolphe Saadé, CEO of CMA CGM, the French shipper, has given an interview to L’Orient-Le Jour...
Hamburg Süd to use Beirut port as transshipment hub
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – German container shipping company Hamburg Süd is to set up a transshipment hub at the Port of Beirut...
Beirut port sees increased transshipment in 2017
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) January 14, 2018 – Transshipment of goods went up 40% in 2017 compared to 2016, according to the Port Authority of Beirut...
ESA and CMA CGM offer new training certificate in Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – The new certificate in shipping and logistics by l’École supérieure des affaires (ESA) in...
CMA CGM installs logistics storehouse in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – The French CMA CGM group has opened the first logistics storehouse in Lebanon in the Bekaa valley in...
Fransabank organises port of Beirut export to China
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – In July 2016, Fransabank organized a “One Belt & One Road to Beijing” in the Chinese capital where...
Port of Beirut releases March 2017 TEU traffic details
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...
CMA CGM upgrades northern Europe and eastern Mediterranean Sea service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 2017 – CMA CGM, a leading worldwide shipping group, is pleased to announce the new upgraded service offer NC...
Beirut port revenues down in 2016
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 20, 2017 – The Port of Beirut (PoB) and Port of Tripoli (PoT) reported revenues of $254 million (€237.7...