Former Lebanese prime minister Hassan Diab has been charged with homicide with probable intent over the devastating Beirut port explosions in 2020 that killed at least 218 people. Tarek Bitar, a Lebanese judge investigating the explosions, has also charged Abbas Ibrahim, chief of Lebanese General...
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It has been a frenzied few weeks in the wind and subsea markets, with newbuild orders piling up. The last month has seen over one billion US dollars committed to vessels ..
BEIRUT, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday discussed delineating their countries’ shared maritime border, a Lebanese official said. A dispute over their shared sea boundary…
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Israel’s prime minister said Tuesday that the country has reached a historic agreement with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border. It’s a rare agreement between two countries that are bitter enemies. But the deal still faces some obstacles, including some expected legal challenges in Israel. There was no immediate...
https://mfame.guru/israel-inks-historic-agreement-with-lebanon-over-maritime-borders/
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The first grain ship to leave a Ukrainian port under a deal brokered last month will not arrive in Lebanon on Sunday as planned, the Ukrainian embassy…
https://gcaptain.com/first-ukraine-ship-under-grain-deal-will-not-dock-in-lebanon-on-time/
The northern part of the grain silos at Beirut Port collapsed yesterday after a prolonged fire. The incident came just days before the second anniversary of the massive explosion that damaged them and killed more than 200 people. A fire had been smouldering in the 50-year-old silos for several...
By Youssef Diab and Omar Tamo Jul 31, 2022 (Bloomberg) –Lebanon has seized a ship loaded with barley and wheat flour while it determines whether the cargo may have been stolen…
https://gcaptain.com/lebanon-seizes-ship-accused-of-carrying-stolen-ukrainian-grain/
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday applauded efforts by Lebanon and Israel seeking to reach a decision on maritime boundaries and said it remains committed to facilitating the ongoing negotiations that will help…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-welcomes-lebanon-israel-maritime-boundary-efforts/
Accountability Now, a Swiss foundation that supports Lebanese civil society efforts to put an end to the impunity of the country’s leaders, filed a $250m lawsuit in Texas on July 11 against U.S.-Norwegian geophysical services group TGS in relation to the 2020 explosion at the Port of Beirut. The...
https://splash247.com/families-of-beirut-port-blast-victims-file-250m-lawsuit-in-us/
BEIRUT, July 4 (Reuters) – Lebanon’s prime minister on Monday criticized as risky and unacceptable any unofficial dealings over its sea border row with Israel, after the powerful Hezbollah movement sent three…
https://gcaptain.com/lebanon-pm-criticizes-hezbollahs-drone-attack/