Beirut port explosion

In what looks, on the face of it, to be a classic case of the criminalisation of seafarers, Maritime Executive reports that Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for the master of the Rhosus, the cargo ship that brought the lethal consignment of ammonium nitrate, the cause of last year’s tragic explosion in the port of Beirut. Its owner abandoned the vessel while it was docked in Beirut in 2013-2014, …

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The race to rebuild Beirut port is on, following the devastating explosion at Lebanon’s key cargo gateway this year. According to a World Bank estimate, the damage to the country’s transport sector and port activities ranges between $580m and $710m, on top of reconstruction costs. Now a number of countries are positioning their flagship shipping and ports companies as key potential partners for the project – principally China, France and …

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