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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.

CMA CGM to manage the Beirut container port terminal

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 17, 2022 – The Lebanese government has awarded the contract to manage the concession of the Beirut container port...

Port of Beirut considers two bids to manage container terminal

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 7, 2022 – The Port of Beirut is reviewing bids from two companies to operate the port’s container terminal...

Beirut port explosion investigation restarts

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) December 8, 2021 – The judge Tarek Bitar has resumed his investigation into the Beirut port explosion of August 4, 2020,...

Russia talks with Lebanon official reveal interest in the Port of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – Rosneft, the Russian energy company, has indicated that it plans to expand its oil product storage...

CMA CGM reopens its headquarters in the port of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 11, 2021 – The French shipping and logistics company CMA CGM has announced the official reopening of its...

Arab Contractors starts expansion works in Lebanon’s Port of Tripoli

Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 21, 2021 – Egypt’s construction company Arab Contractors (AC) will in the next two weeks start expansion works in...

Beirut port explosion investigation stalled again

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 12, 2021 – An investigation into the causes of the Beirut port explosion in August 2020 has again been halted. Two...

Who was behind the chemicals that destroyed the Port of Beirut in 2020?

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 11, 2021 – A chemical-trading network controlled by Ukrainians and hidden behind a veil of proxies and shell firms...

Lebanese judge to resume Port of Beirut explosion investigation

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 6, 2021 – Tarek Bitar is to resume an investigation into last year’s port explosion that rocked the Lebanese...

The Port of Beirut: A Dialogue with Lebanese civil society

Transparency and participation as core values of communication with all stakeholders for the rebuilding of the Port of Beirut – August 2, 2021 HPC...

Beirut port blast investigation faces second delay

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – The investigation into the August 4, 2020, explosion at the port of Beirut is set for a further,...

Egyptian company awarded contract for Port of Tripoli, Lebanon

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) August 2, 2021 – The Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon, Yasser Alawi, has visited the port of Tripoli and announced that...

A team of Palestinian architects proposes “Silo Souk” for the port of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) July 12, 2021 – The “Haifa Award” international program set up by the iDARjerusalem association and led by an...

Joint letter to the Human Rights Council calling for an international investigative mission into the Beirut blast

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) June 23, 2021 – A group of 53 international and regional rights groups on Tuesday urged member states of the UN Human...

Recygroup International awarded contract to clear grain from the Port of Beirut

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) June 20, 2021 – The French environmental engineering company Recygroup International has been awarded a €1.4 million...

CMA CGM most likely to rebuild Beirut port in a project worth €600 million – German multi-billion euro project rejected

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 26, 2021 – The over-ambitious $5-7 billion plan with an up-to-20-year construction span of two German companies for the...

Analysis – Could French and German plans to rebuild Beirut port be combined?

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – Joe Dakkak, general manager, CMA CGM Lebanon, and Christine Cabau Woehrel, director in charge of...

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 (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – Germany is reportedly prepared to submit a proposal for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut, which was...

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