Tag: beirut

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  French Group will recover port of Beirut devastated by a massive explosion in 2020

  

  French Group CMA-CGM, a world leader in shipping and logistic has won the concession bid to manage, operate and maintain the Port of Beirut’s container terminal for a 10-year period starting next month.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:06 UTC

  Beirut port explosion left a 43-meter deep crater; angry protests against the political class

  

  The huge chemical explosion that hit Beirut's port, devastating large parts of the Lebanese capital and claiming over 150 lives, left a 43-metre (141 foot) deep crater, a security official said on Sunday.

• Saturday, August 8th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  UN has received no official requests to investigate the Beirut port deadly explosion

  

  The United Nations has not received any requests to investigate the deadly explosion in Beirut’s port, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday after French President Emmanuel Macron called for an international inquiry.

• Thursday, August 6th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  Destruction of Beirut port silos leaves Lebanon with only a month of wheat

  

  Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 6th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Beirut blast point to years on inaction and negligence over storage of explosives

  

  Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 150 people, injured thousands and left 300,000 homeless, an official source revealed

• Wednesday, August 5th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  Beirut port blast kills at least 78, injures over 4,000 and flattens huge area of the city

  

  Lebanon is in mourning after a huge explosion in the capital Beirut killed at least 78 people and injured more than 4,000 others on Tuesday. The whole city was shaken by the blast, which began with a fire at the port which exploded into a mushroom cloud.