ammonium nitrate

CMA CGM investing $33M in Port of Beirut container terminal

CMA CGM Group said Thursday it will invest $33 million to rebuild and modernize the Port of Beirut container terminal as part of a 10-year operating contract.

The terminal was run by the Beirut Container Terminal Consortium (BCTC) at the time of the early August 2020 explosion that obliterated Lebanon’s principal port, leveled surrounding neighborhoods, injured more than 6,500 people and killed over 200.

The blast was blamed on 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in one of 12 warehouses at the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cma-cgm-investing-33m-in-port-of-beirut-container-terminal

Ship Captain & Owner Arrested in Explosion Case

  • The ammonium nitrate was destined for Mozambique in 2013.
  • Lebanon’s National News Agency to report warrants that have been circulated for Boris Prokoshev.
  • Multiple government agencies in Lebanon knew the dangerous chemical was being stored in the warehouse and may have failed to safeguard it.
  • Another fire exploded just over a month after the devastating explosion.

Ship captain, the owner sought in Port of Beirut explosion case & warrants issued for MV Rhosus master and Russian businessman...

https://mfame.guru/ship-captain-owner-arrested-in-explosion-case/

Ship captain, owner sought in Port of Beirut explosion case

Arrest warrants have been issued for the Russian captain and owner of the vessel that carried the ammonium nitrate believed to have caused the massive Port of Beirut explosion.

Al Jazeera said the final tally was 193 people dead, 6,500 wounded and 300,000 homeless as a result of the Aug. 4 blast, blamed on 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in a Port of Beirut warehouse.

The ammonium nitrate, used in agricultural fertilizer, was destined for Mozambique in 2013. But the MV Rhosus...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ship-captain-owner-sought-in-port-of-beirut-explosion-case

Maritime History Notes: Beirut blast echoes Texas City catastrophe

Maritime History Notes

On Aug. 4, Beirut experienced tremendous death and destruction when a notoriously dangerous cargo caught fire and exploded in the seaport. According to investigators, the cause of the devastation was 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a port warehouse.

The commodity arrived at the Port of Beirut in 2013 from the country of Georgia on board the bulk ship Rhosus. While it was destined for Mozambique for use as fertilizer, Lebanese authorities seized the financially troubled vessel and...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/maritime-history-notes-beirut-blast-echoes-texas-city-catastrophe

Port of Beirut officials under house arrest following explosion

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) President Willie Adams said he was not surprised to learn Port of Beirut officials had been taken into custody in connection with Tuesday’s devastating warehouse explosion.

“Reports that the Lebanese government has put port authorities under house arrest while investigating the dubious storage of these explosive materials on the docks since 2014 and the likelihood that these deaths were preventable are deeply disturbing but not surprising...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/port-of-beirut-officials-under-house-arrest-following-explosion

How Ammonium Nitrate Triggered the ‘Beirut Explosion’?

Buildings lie ruined near Beirut's port on Aug. 5, 2020, devastated by an explosion a day earlier.

The devastating explosion at a port in Beirut on August 4  evening has again put the clock back on how ammonium nitrate triggers massive explosions. The August 4 incident that killed more than 100 people and injured at least 4,000 seems to have stemmed from a storage unit housing enormous amounts of ammonium nitrate and that’s the reason Live Science is looking at the science behind such explosive matters

The initial explosion ignited a fire, while the second painted the sky in an apocalyptic...

https://mfame.guru/how-ammonium-nitrate-triggered-the-beirut-explosion/

Port of Beirut explosion forces diversion of vessels

Time seems to have stopped at the Port of Beirut. The Beirut Container Terminal Consortium (BCTC) vessel schedule has not been updated since Tuesday’s massive explosion obliterated Lebanon’s principal port.

The BCTC website was down in the hours following the blast, believed to have been caused by ammonium nitrate stored in one of 12 warehouses at the Port of Beirut, at approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday. Although the site was back up Thursday, the vessel schedule shows the arrival of the CMA CGM Lyra...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-beirut-explosion-forces-diversion-of-vessels

Beirut Blast Creates a “Massive Crater,” Satellite Imagery Shows

  • Satellite imagery and other aerial footage of the Port of Beirut are steadily emerging showing devastating damage from the explosion.
  • Satellite imagery that The War Zone obtained from Planet Labs shows that detonation left a crater in the dock and is now full of water.
  • The explosions also occurred right next to a set of grain elevators that held approximately 85% of the country’s grain stockpile.

Satellite images obtained by CNN from Planet Labs Inc., show a massive crater at the site of...

https://mfame.guru/beirut-blast-creates-a-massive-crater-satellite-imagery-shows/

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