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Capes and Panamaxes lift the BDI, Explosive Geopolitics amid spreading Coronavirus

5 August 2020

John Faraclas

Capes and Panamaxes lift the BDI, Explosive Geopolitics amid spreading Coronavirus

The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) gained 78 points since yesterday and now stands at 1,463. Beirut port explosion brings closer the conflagration in the region. Discipline is the only way to save the day from the Coronavirus anathema. John Faraclas’ brief daily recap:

Wonder how valuations work these days given the volatility of all the Markets, both Dry and Wet…

The WTI was up 72 cents since yesterday (US$...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/08/05/capes-and-panamaxes-lift-the-bdi-explosive-geopolitics-amid-spreading-coronavirus/

Deadly port explosion rocks Beirut

4 August 2020

Authorities in Lebanon are busy counting the number of dead and injured people from an explosion at Beirut Port in Lebanon which has rocked the entire city. The blast, which happened in the city’s port area, appears to have been caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate being stored in a warehouse...

https://splash247.com/deadly-port-explosion-rocks-beirut/

COLUMN | The Eastern Mediterranean: a sea of troubles [Offshore Accounts]

27 July 2020

Hamlet famously asked “whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles”. Last ..

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/uncategorized/column-the-eastern-mediterranean-a-sea-of-troubles-offshore-accounts/

New shipping line between China, Lebanon

22 November 2018

Lebanon’s port of Tripoli and Chinese maritime transport company Cosco agreed on Wednesday (Nov.21) to open a maritime line between China and the port for regular export of Chinese products, local media reported.

The line is set to open on Dec. 24, according to the National News Agency.

Tripoli port’s director Ahmed Tamer said that Cosco’s step came after maritime shipping company CMA CGM opened its shipping line between China and the port on Oct. 9.

New line opens between China & Lebanon

10 October 2018

A huge container ship named CMA CGM Congo arrived at Lebanese port of Tripoli on Tuesday to open a new shipping line between China and the port.

“The vessel is the first to hold 10,000 containers. It will unload 1000 containers in Tripoli port for the local market, and the rest will go to other ports in the region,” said Ahmad Tamer, manager of Tripoli port.

Tamer said that this new line, Beks, is characterized by its capacity to host big-size cargo vessels that can reach 50 meters in width and...

http://container-news.com/new-line-china-lebanon/

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