French shipping giant CMA CGM on Thursday won a 10-year contract beginning in March to run the container terminal at Beirut port, Lebanon's public works and transport minister said.CMA CGM the third largest shipping company in the world will take over Lebanon's biggest port a year and a half after a deadly explosion there killed more than 200 people and destroyed large parts of the capital."An agreement has been reached to sign a contract to manage, operate and maintain the container terminal at Beirut's port with CMA CGM," Ali Hamie told reporters in Beirut.
French shipping giant CMA CGM on Thursday won a 10-year contract beginning in March to run the container terminal at Beirut port, Lebanon's public works and transport minister said.
French shipping giant CMA CGM on Thursday won a 10-year contract beginning in March to run the container terminal at Beirut port, Lebanon's public works and transport minister said.
CEO Rodolphe Saadé said CMA CGM “will transform the Beirut port’s container terminal into a state-of-the-art facility that meets the best international standards.”