Cyprus authorities question alleged owner of ship that left ammonium nitrate at port of Beirut
Five years ago, Beirut law firm Baroudi and Associates called attention to the risks involved with the ship and its…
August 2020
Beirut’s Accidental Cargo: How an Unscheduled Port Visit Led to Disaster
The chemicals that went up in flames in Beirut’s deadliest peace-time explosion arrived in the Lebanese capital seven years ago on a leaky Russian-leased cargo ship that, according to its captain, should never have stopped there.”They were being greedy…
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CMA CGM Says Missing Beirut Staff Member Died
Container shipping group CMA CGM said on Thursday that one of its staff who was missing after an explosion that ripped through Beirut port on Tuesday has died.The French-based company in a statement said that two of its staff in Beirut were seriously i…
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Cyprus Police Question Man Over Links to Beirut Chemicals Cargo
Cyprus has located and questioned a Russian man named in multiple news reports as the owner of the ship that carried a cargo of ammonium nitrate abandoned in Beirut and that exploded in a devastating fireball.A Cyprus police spokesman said an individua…
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NOAA Raises Predicted Number of Tropical Storms to Record High
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday predicted up to 16 more named tropical storms this year, to as many as 25, the highest in the agency’s history.The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1…
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