MSC to hub at Beirut

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In what the Lebanon Daily Star says is the first deal of its kind in the country, MSC is to use the Port of Beirut as a regional transhipmen...

ZPMC for Beirut

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Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) has reportedly beaten off four rival bids to supply the Port of Beirut with three ship-to-sho...

Beirut crane tenders

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The Port of Beirut has launched two tenders for container handling equipment, one of these covering supply of three quayside gantry cranes a...

Israel invests

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While Lebanon's Port of Beirut is looking for US$35 mill to finance new equipment and management systems (last month's WorldCargo News, p1) ...

Beirut crane plea

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The Beirut Chamber of Shipping (BCS), which represents 50 Lebanese shipping agencies, has issued a stark warning to the government that it m...

Gulf ports strive for bigger role

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Recent oil price hikes could provide a fillip for container ports in the Gulf. Higher demand for oil-based export products, aluminium and ot...

Stand off in Beirut?

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There appears to be some confusion over the Dubai Port Authority (DPA)'s management contract for Beirut's new container terminal....

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