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News Analysis: Beirut explosions inflict huge blow to Lebanon's economy

Xinhua 07 Aug 2020

"Lebanon's economic crisis had already reduced the profit through Port of Beirut from 20 million U.S ... Maridini emphasized the need to invite foreign companies to reconstruct and manage the port, saying "the government does not have the capacity of rebuilding the port."....

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Beirut explosions inflict huge blow to Lebanon's economy

China.dot.org 07 Aug 2020

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Lebanon navigates food challenge with no grain silo and few stocks

Canada Dot Com 07 Aug 2020

The destruction of the 120,000-tonne capacity structure and disabling of the port, the main entry point for food imports, means buyers will have to rely on smaller privately-owned storage facilities for their wheat ......

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Exclusive: Lebanon navigates food challenge with no grain silo and few stocks

Metro USA 07 Aug 2020

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UN offers emergency funds, plans alternative aid delivery after Beirut explosions

Sina 07 Aug 2020

"With the Beirut Port inoperable, the UN and its partners are looking to adjust logistic networks to ensure sustained operations," Haq said. "Humanitarian materials will likely be redirected through the Tripoli Port." ... "The change may have adverse consequences for some supply chains, as Tripoli Port has a lower capacity than Beirut Port," he said....

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UN aids Lebanon with emergency funds, alternative aid delivery

The Siasat Daily 07 Aug 2020

“With the Beirut Port inoperable, the UN and its partners are looking to adjust logistic networks to ensure sustained operations,” Haq said ... “The change may have adverse consequences for some supply chains, as Tripoli Port has a lower capacity than Beirut Port,” he said....

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Explosions cost Lebanon dearly in food supply

Arkansas Online 07 Aug 2020

Tuesday's blast, which killed at least 135 people and injured thousands, occurred next to a storage facility for grain in the city's port, most of which was wrecked. Video footage appeared to show grain spilling from the silos, which have a capacity of 120,000 tons ... The northern port expects an additional three vessels in the next few days, it said....

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Exclsuive: Lebanon navigates food challenge with no grain silo and few stocks

Metro USA 07 Aug 2020

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Lebanese plan major protest and UN agencies call for aid after Beirut blast

The Guardian 07 Aug 2020

As the numbers of volunteers cleaning Beirut’s streets swelled, UN agencies called for urgent assistance for Lebanon, estimating ......

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Heavy rains, strong winds batter Mumbai

Deccan Chronicle 07 Aug 2020

With rainfall of 300 mm in just four hours, any city in the world would have witnessed flooding. It was a storm-like situation in Mumbai on Wednesday, claimed Iqbal Singh Chahal, the chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ... Three high capacity cranes at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in adjoining Raigad district also collapsed .......

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Samsung beats Xiaomi in overall mobile phone market, but trails in smartphone sales

Live Mint 07 Aug 2020

According to the report released by IDC, vendors faced major supply chain disruptions at the beginning of the quarter, and the shortage continued into the rest of the quarter as factories operated at partial capacity even after the lockdown was lifted....

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Contura Announces Second Quarter 2020 Results

Kingsport Times-News 07 Aug 2020

The future available capacity under the Asset-Based Revolving Credit Facility is ... With customers across the globe, high-quality reserves and significant port capacity, Contura Energy reliably supplies both metallurgical coal to produce steel and thermal coal to generate power....

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Beirut port: irreplaceable importance in the middle of Lebanon's geography

Arabian Business 06 Aug 2020

The government invested nearly $300 million in the port of Tripoli 18 years ago, and therefore has the full logistical and maritime capacity to receive the largest ships in the world, and also has the capacity to absorb approximately 5 million tons per year, while it is receiving nearly two million tons....