Port of Beirut

Lebanon port explosion charges brought against PM and three ministers

Judge Fadi Sawan, the investigator into the Beirut Port explosion on 4 August, that killed around 200 people and injured thousands of others, has charged the caretaker prime minister, Hassan Diab with negligence according to the official Lebanese news agency.

In addition, Judge Fadi Sawan, pressed charges against the former Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, and former Ministers of Public Works, Ghazi Zeaiter and Youssef Finianos, also for negligence. The judge has set 14, 15 and 16...

https://container-news.com/lebanon-port-explosion-charges-brought-against-pm-and-three-ministers/

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

New Beirut port fire rocks the city

Another fire at the troubled Port of Beirut, less than five weeks after an explosion killed 200 and injured thousands has broken out, with locals saying the fire was caused by welding work again being undertaken in the wake of the first explosion on 4 August.

Industry fears that another explosion similar to the first could happen at another port were well founded, but the a similar occurrence at the same port so soon...

https://container-news.com/new-beirut-port-fire-rocks-the-city/

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 CT restarts operations

Nine days after one of the worst events in containerised cargo history the Port of Beirut has reopened after what has been called only minor damage to the container terminal.

Hapag-Lloyd said that following this positive news, the company will immediately reinstate its services to Lebanon, via Beirut Port.

The German carrier’s first vessel on the Levante Express (LEX) Service that will call at Beirut will be the Mona Lisa (voyage 2031W), on 14 August. The ship will also deliver import cargo from...

https://container-news.com/port-of-beirut-ct-restarts-operations/

+ More