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Beirut blast shipowner arrested in Bulgaria five years after port tragedy
Bulgarian authorities have arrested Igor Grechushkin, the Russian owner of the cargo ship tied to the 2,750 tonnes of ammonium…
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Maritime News
Bulgarian Police Arrest Owner of Beirut’s Notorious Explosives Ship
Officials in Bulgaria have arrested the owner of the Rhosus, the aging freighter that brought a cargo of explosives-grade…
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Maritime News
Lebanon Gathers to Mark Five Years Since Beirut Port Blast
Hundreds of Lebanese gathered solemnly near Beirut’s coast on Monday to commemorate a half-decade since the cataclysmic port blast of 2020, when…
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Maritime News
A Tenacious Judge Resumes the 2020 Beirut Port Blast Investigation
On April 11, Lebanese Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the 2020 explosion in Beirut Port with the…
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Marine World
Israel’s Twin Strikes in Tehran, Beirut Ratchet Up Tensions
By Ethan Bronner (Bloomberg) — Within seven hours overnight, Israel targeted top leaders of Hezbollah in Beirut and Hamas in Tehran…
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Maritime News
France Unveils Latest Plan to Rebuild the Port of Beirut
As Lebanon continues to seek to rebuild the Port of Beirut almost four years after the ammonium nitrate explosion, France…
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Maritime News
Beirut Marks Year Since Port Blast with Demands for Justice
Thousands of Lebanese gathered near the port of Beirut on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of a catastrophic explosion…
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Maritime News
FBI: Amount of Chemicals in Beirut Blast Was a Fraction of Original Shipment
The amount of ammonium nitrate that blew up at Beirut port last year was one-fifth of the shipment unloaded there…
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Maritime News
Germany to Propose Beirut Port Reconstruction with ‘Strings Attached’
Germany will next week present a multi-billion-dollar proposal to Lebanese authorities to rebuild the Port of Beirut as part of…
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Maritime News
Lebanese Court Removes Investigator Who Charged Politicians Over Beirut Blast
A Lebanese court on Thursday dismissed a judge who had charged top politicians with negligence over last year’s Beirut port…
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