The Port of Beirut
Opened 1887
Operated by Gestion et exploitation du port de Beyrouth (GEPB)
Owned by Government of Lebanon
Type of harbor Artificial
The general cargo area consisted of 12 warehouses and a grain silo with a capacity of 120,000 tons of grain.
The Port of Beirut had been selected as a transshipment hub for the second and third largest container shipping companies in the world, Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and French-based Compagnie Maritime d’Affrètement - Compagnie Générale Maritime (CMA-CGM). The latter building a $12 million regional headquarters building near the port.
The passenger terminal was located along quay 5 facing the second basin of the port. The facility was deemed outdated and inadequate, so it is being reconstructed into a modern 600m2 facility that will have a decorative front sail structure. It is scheduled for completion early this year.
The historic first basin of the port, which hosts the Beirut Naval Base, will be completely redeveloped by Solidere, the $2 billion Lebanese real estate company that is rebuilding the Beirut Central District (BCD). The redevelopment will involve transforming quays 1 and 2 into a public promenade along with the construction of leisure commercial properties.
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