Beirut is a transshipment port serving some of the world's largest container shipping companies - MSC and CMA-CGM. Turning Basin 1 became part of a major port development project budgeted around USD 2 billion. It includes rebuilding the Central District, transforming quays 1 and 2 into a prome...
Lebanon wants to rebuild the Beirut Port, destroyed by an ammonium nitrate explosion on August 4, 2020, and France has come forward to help.
On August 4, 2020, 2,750 tons of negligently stored ammonium nitrate caught fire in Hangar 12 in Beirut’s Port. While the source of the fire is still heavily debated, the subsequent explosion obliterated nearly half of the city’s most densely populated areas. The blast damaged nearly 12,...
The move risks opening the way to dragged-out negotiations over a new Cabinet amid urgent calls for reform. It follows a weekend of anti-government protests in the wake of the Aug. 4 explosion in Beirut's port that decimated the facility and caused widespread destruction, killing at least 16...
The article discusses the concept of resilience in the context of post-disaster recovery in Beirut and Hatay, focusing on the 2020 port explosion in Beirut and the 2023 earthquakes in Hatay. It explores the challenges faced by these cities in rebuilding after disasters, highlighting t...
Beirut has been buried seven times, so it has to resist any earthquake, and that’s why it also resisted the explosion in the port,’’ expresses Lina Ghotmeh in conversation with Louisiana Channel, in regards to the Stone Garden. A building constructed with resilience in mind, in a city ...
I lived in Beirut between 1966 and 1971. I remember visiting the port. The events of last Tuesday had me looking at Google maps recalling where we lived, the location of the school I attended, where my father worked, and so on. My heart is broken for the people and the city of Beiru...
The French container giant CMA CGM is working on a plan to rebuild the port of Beirut within three years. Political stalemate in Lebanon has meant that no decisions have been made after the huge explosion that killed 200 in 2020. CMA CGM first presented the plan to the Lebanese authorities ...
LG: I have just completed the Stone Garden project, a tower near the Port and barely a mile away from the location of the explosion. This is a building dedicated to housing and an art gallery dedicated to image and production in the Middle East (Mina Image Center). The project...
This global fundraiser serves as an education in Lebanon’s international context as one of the oldest countries in the world—and home to one of the most ancient civilizations. We will not be erased; we will not be forgotten. The world needs Beirut more than Beirut needs the world. ...