Xinhua News Agency, Beirut, August 6 (Reporter Li Liangyong) Ahmed Tamer, the port director of Tripoli Port, the second largest port in Lebanon, said on the 6th that the port is ready to temporarily replace the severely damaged in the explosion on the 4th. Beirut Port accepts ships.
Tamer told Xinhua News Agency that the port is fully prepared to accept all cargo ships, including ships carrying aid materials to Lebanon. He said that the port of Tripoli has been expanded in the past few years and can accommodate various types of ships. Among them, a newly built berth uses China Port Machinery Equipment, which can load and unload more than 700 containers every day.
In March 2017, China Qingdao Haixi Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. delivered a batch of port machinery equipment to the port of Tripoli, including 2 double-box quay cranes with a lifting capacity of 65 tons and 4 tire-type containers with a lifting capacity of 40 tons. crane.
A violent explosion occurred in the Beirut port area on the evening of the 4th. As of the 6th, the explosion has caused at least 137 deaths, more than 5,000 injuries, and dozens of others are missing. The Beirut port area was severely damaged in the explosion, affecting cargo throughput.
On the 6th, local Lebanese media quoted data from the International Freight Information Platform Maritime Transport website and reported that in the past 24 hours, three container ships had diverted from Beirut Port and arrived at Tripoli Port.
The ports of Beirut, Tripoli and Saida are the main ports in Lebanon. Among them, Beirut is the largest port for the import and export and transshipment of Lebanese goods, which bears more than 80% of the total import and export of goods.