CEO Rodolphe Saadé said CMA CGM “will transform the Beirut port’s container terminal into a state-of-the-art facility that meets the best international standards.”
MV Rhosus carried the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate cited as the cause of August’s devastating blast.
The recent death and destruction at the Port of Beirut from ammonium nitrate reminds us that continued carelessness with handling this substance dooms us to repeat history.
Multiple Lebanese government agencies may have known dangerous ammonium nitrate was stored in a warehouse.
Container carriers are rerouting goods and assessing damage following Tuesday’s blast.
Container lines, some with damaged or destroyed buildings, are scrambling to reroute cargo bound for Lebanon.
