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FRANCE LEBANON Issue dated 24/11/2020

While awaiting Beirut port reconstruction, CMA CGM turns attentions to northern port of Tripoli

A CMA CGM vessel leaving Marseille on August 25, 2020, to rescue Beirut. © NICOLAS VALLAURI /PHOTOPQR/LA PROVENCE/MAXPPP

With the restoration of Beirut port held up by the political crisis in Lebanon, the French shipping company CMA CGM is pressing on with its activities in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli, a gateway to future business in Syria, while keeping one eye on the situation in the capital. [...] (381 words)

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Iraqi Kurdistan's Khor Mor gas field extension attracts interest

Russia makes masked re-entry in Syrian offshore exploration

CMA CGM in pole position for Beirut port after German project rejected

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