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INTER CAMPUS LEBANON ORGANISES TRIPOLI TOURNAMENT VISIT

BEIRUT – One of the primary objectives of the Inter Campus project, aside from restoring the right to play to children living in adverse social situations, is to create stable, trusted relationships with parents and families.

This is a fundamental part of the educational side of our mission – to allow young people to grow and develop through play while sharing sporting values.

Thanks to these strong relationships with parents, the coaches at Inter Campus Lebanon were able to organise a wonderful day for girls from the Shatila refugee camp, who took part in the second edition of the Tripoli women’s tournament – wearing the black and blue of Inter, of course.

The event was not just an opportunity for the girls to have some fun – but it was also a rare chance to leave the Shatila camp for Palestinian refugees behind and get away from a place where no child should ever have to reside.

Arab Contractors Company to develop Lebanon’s Tripoli port: Egyptian ambassador to Beirut

Egypt's ambassador to Beirut Yasser Elwi during his visit to the port of Tripoli on Thursday (Photo: Egyptian Embassy in Beirut)
Egypt’s ambassador to Beirut Yasser Elwi during his visit to the port of Tripoli on Thursday (Photo: Egyptian Embassy in Beirut)

Egypt’s Arab Contractors Company has won a bid to develop Tripoli port and its facilities, Egypt’s Ambassador to Lebanon Yasser Elwi announced on Thursday.

The ambassador made the announcement during his visit to the port in north Lebanon, where he was received by head of the port Ahmed Hatem and a number of senior Lebanese officials.

He added that this step reflects Egypt’s keenness on supporting Lebanon on all levels, especially developing its ports.

This will be followed by a number of projects to enhance Egypt’s economic presence in Lebanon, especially in the fields of technology and expertise exchange in Tripoli city, the ambassador added.

Hatem hailed Egypt for providing financial and technical aid to the Lebanese port sector after the blast that destroyed Beirut port in 4 August 2020.

Source: Ahram – https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/417991.aspx

Egyptian company to expand Lebanon’s Tripoli port

BEIRUT, July 29 (Xinhua) — Egyptian Ambassador in Lebanon Yasser Alawi announced on Thursday that the Arab Contractors, an Egyptian construction company, will start within two months a 28-million-U.S. dollar project for expanding Tripoli’s port in northern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported.

The project will be financed through a loan by the Islamic Development Bank after completing all legal papers between the bank and the company.

Lebanon’s Tripoli Port Director Ahmed Tamer said that the project will cover the administration buildings, container storage areas, and the completion of roads and infrastructure construction. It will expand storage areas, secure logistic areas and four new warehouses. Enditem

China to cooperate with Lebanon in establishing cultural center: ambassador

BEIRUT, July 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon Qian Minjian said on Wednesday that China will work together with the Lebanese side in establishing a Chinese cultural center in the country, a statement by the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon said.

Qian’s remarks came during his meeting with caretaker Lebanese Culture and Agriculture Minister Abbas Mortada.

China and Lebanon, both ancient civilizations with a long history, maintain good exchanges in cultural fields, Qian said, recalling that in 2020, the two sides signed an agreement on the establishment of cultural centers in both countries, and China started building the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music.

For his part, Mortada said Lebanon is keen to strengthen cultural cooperation with China and enhance understanding between the two peoples.

Voicing his ministry’s willingness to provide convenience for the building of the Chinese cultural center in Lebanon, Mortada said the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music will become the best emblem of the two countries’ friendship. Enditem

Lebanon’s Tripoli port readies to fill in for blast-hit Beirut

TRIPOLI: Lebanon’s northern port city of Tripoli is readying its harbor to temporarily replace that of Beirut, which was leveled in last week’s massive explosion, officials said Thursday.
Tripoli port’s capacity is smaller than the capital’s, through which the vast majority of Lebanon’s food and other imports used to transit.
A fire at Beirut port on August 4 caught a huge stockpile of ammonium nitrate, causing an explosion that devastated swathes of the city and killed at least 171 people.
Immediately after the disaster, Lebanon’s Supreme Defense Council ordered that the port of Tripoli be prepped for “import and export operations.”
“The port of Tripoli can stand in for Beirut on a temporary basis, for the time it will take it to be operational again,” Tripoli port director Ahmad Tamer told AFP.
The smaller ports of Saida and Tyre can also contribute to the effort but their capacity is limited and does not allow for bigger vessels to dock.
Lebanon relies on imports for 85 percent of its food needs and the UN’s World Food Programme has warned that the destruction of the main port could worsen an already alarming situation.
Lebanon’s economic collapse in recent months has seen it default on its debt, sent the local currency into free-fall and poverty rates soaring to near third world levels, all amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tamer said seven ships that were on their way to Beirut on the day of the gigantic explosion immediately rerouted to Tripoli, where they unloaded their cargo.
Tripoli had already undergone major upgrade works in order to accomodate increased traffic expected in connection with the reconstruction effort needed in neighboring, war-ravaged Syria.
Tamer said that before the explosion Tripoli port was only functioning at 40 percent capacity, processing two million tons of imports per year, with a capacity to absorb a maximum of five million tons.
The port director said that he wanted to launch a plan to increase work at the port and hire more employees in order to process more than its current rate of 80,000 containers a year.

Source : ARABNEWS

https://arab.news/n7ky6

Launch of the new website

We are launching our new website with a modern look and added functionalities. Tripoli-Lebanon.com the No.1 website of the City of Tripoli – Lebanon since 2000