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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.

Beirut port container terminal set for ownership tender, CMA CGM interested

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 2, 2020 – The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has issued a tender for the concession of Beirut port container...

CMA CGM hopes to win concession for Beirut port container terminal

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) July 29, 2019 – The Port of Beirut (port de Beyrouth) is expected to announce a tender for the concession of a container...

Lebanese Fransabank Representative visits SRCIC in Shanghai

Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) July 7, 2019 – Walid Daouk, Board Member of Fransabank Group and former Information Minister of Lebanon, has visited the...

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...

International Association of Islamic Business delegation visits Lebanon

Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – A delegation of the Moscow-based International Association of Islamic Business (IAIB/МАИБ) has...

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...

Rosneft to manage oil products terminal in Lebanon’s Tripoli port

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 26, 2019 – Russian energy company Rosneft has signed a 20-year agreement with the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and...

Rosneft to operate oil storage terminal at Lebanon’s Tripoli port

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – Russia’s Rosneft has agreed to resume operation of the terminal or the storage of petroleum...

Turkey considers increasing commerical relations with Lebanon’s Tripoli port

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – The new Turkish Ambassador to Lebanon, Hakan Cakil, has said that Ankara is interested in investing in...

Lebanon’s Tripoli port becomes central destination for weekly shipments from China

Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Lebanon’s Tripoli port has become a central destination for weekly shipments from China to the...

COSCO to start China-Tripoli port shipping service

Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – COSCO, the Chinese shipping company, has agreed with the port of Tripoli to set up a new service...

Lebanon’s Tripoli port looks to attract Chinese investment

Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2018 – Toufic Dabbousi, head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, has met with Chinese...

Lebanese port of Tripoli welcomes new China container service

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – A new shipping line has started between Tripoli, north Lebanon, and China. The container ship named...

Lebanon’s Tripoli port to play vital role in Syria reconstruction

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Lebanon’s Tripoli port is expected to play an important role in the process for reconstruction of Syria,...

Lebanon’s Tripoli port targets increased traffic

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – The Beijing Bridge container ship, operated by CMA CGM, arrived last Thursday at Tripoli port, The...

CMA CGM relocates Asia service to Tripoli, Lebanon

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – French shipper CMA CGM has launched a direct route between China and Southeast Asia to North Europe,...

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...

Lebanon’s Tripoli port announces increased revenues for 2017

Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The port of Tripoli has announced $16.6 million revenues in 2017, up 14.2% on 2016. “The...

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