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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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