Lebanon
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Ports and Logistics
Silos collapse at Beirut port
The northern part of the grain silos at Beirut Port collapsed yesterday after a prolonged fire. The incident came just…
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Ports and Logistics
Families of Beirut port blast victims file $250m lawsuit in US
Accountability Now, a Swiss foundation that supports Lebanese civil society efforts to put an end to the impunity of the…
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Ports and Logistics
Portuguese citizen arrested in ongoing investigation into the Beirut port explosion
Jorge Moreira, a 43-year-old Portuguese man, was arrested by Spanish authorities on Thursday in connection with the enormous explosion that…
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Ports and Logistics
CMA CGM to invest $33m in Beirut port terminal
CMA CGM’s subsidiary CMA Terminals has been chosen to manage, operate and maintain the container terminal at Port of Beirut,…
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Ports and Logistics
CMA CGM details its plans to rebuild Beirut port
France’s CMA CGM, whose founding family hail from Lebanon, has presented a plan to rebuild Beirut port within three years.…
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Environment
Mystery surrounds oil spill washing up on Israel and Lebanon’s shores
The oil slick plaguing Israel’s shoreline has spread north, washing up on beaches across southern Lebanon. The perpetrators of the…
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Operations
Interpol seeks captain and owner of the ship linked to Beirut port blast
Interpol has issued red notices for the captain and owner of the ship that carried the ammonia nitrate which obliterated…
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Ports and Logistics
Lebanon’s prime minister charged in connection with deadly port blast
Lebanon’s lead investigator into the massive port explosion that rocked Beirut on August 4 has charged outgoing prime minister Hassan…
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Operations
Two customs officials charged over deadly Beirut port blast
A Lebanese prosecutor has filed charges against current and former customs officials over the deadly explosion at the Port of…
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Middle East
Combi Lift secures contract to dispose of chemicals from Beirut Port
German heavy lift shipping specialist Combi Lift has secured a $3.6m contract to dispose of 49 containers of flammable chemicals from…
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Ports and Logistics
Lebanon seeks arrest of owner and captain of the ship that brought deadly ammonia nitrate to Beirut port
Lebanon requested yesterday international arrest warrants against Igor Grechushkin and Boris Prokoshev, the Russian owner and the captain of the…
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Contributions
Before the blast
Ian Urbina, the New York Times investigative reporter and author of the bestseller The Outlaw Ocean, writes for Splash today,…
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Ports and Logistics
Another giant fire breaks out at Beirut port
Another noxious fire has broken out at Beirut port. Splash understands a warehouse containing oil and tyres at Beirut port…
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Ports and Logistics
More ammonium nitrate found at Beirut port
The Lebanese army found another 4.35 tonnes of explosive ammonium nitrate yesterday near the entrance to Beirut port, one month…
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Middle East
World Food Programme issues bulker tender to fix Beirut’s grain supplies
The United Nations-backed World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a tender seeking a geared bulk carrier to become Lebanon’s de…
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Operations
Report links Cypriot shipping magnate to Beirut disaster
An in-depth investigation involving 10 news organisations including Germany’s highly respected Der Spiegel has suggested the owner of the ship…
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Ports and Logistics
Ports around the world review ammonia nitrate storage plans in wake of Beirut blast
Ports around the world are actively reviewing their ammonia nitrate storage guidelines in the wake of last Tuesday’s terrible explosions…
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Ports and Logistics
Cypriot police interview Russian at centre of Beirut blast
Cypriot police have interviewed the Russian millionaire shipping entrepreneur linked to Tuesday’s lethal explosion, which decimated the port of Beirut.…
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Ports and Logistics
Shipping counts cost of Beirut port blast
Containerlines are diverting calls from Beirut to other nearby ports as officials in Lebanon piece together how Tuesday’s deadly explosion…
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Middle East
Deadly port explosion rocks Beirut
Authorities in Lebanon are busy counting the number of dead and injured after an explosion at Beirut Port that rocked…
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