This document provides information on commercial ports in Lebanon, including the Port of Beirut and Port of Tripoli. The Port of Beirut handles over 1 million TEU per year and contains facilities like warehouses, silos, and terminals. Four options for developing dry ports in Lebanon are discussed to ease congestion at the Port of Beirut by shifting cargo handling inland. The Port of Tripoli is located 30km from the Syrian border and contains storage areas, cranes, and equipment to handle cargo. There are plans to install a 130m floating dock at the Port of Tripoli and develop a free economic zone near the port to attract businesses.

1. Commercial Ports of
Lebanon
Main nodes in the
Mediterranean network
Barcelona – 10/06/2015
Towards Sustainable Mobility

2. Port of Beirut (PoB)
 The Port of Beirut has a total area of 1,400,000 m², of
which 1,202,000 m² are water basins.
 The POB is composed of :
Passenger Terminal
Free Zone
Silos
General Cargo Terminal
Container Terminal
Website: www.portdebeyrouth.com

3. Port of Beirut (PoB) (cont.)
 Passenger Terminal
20,000 m² area with a 3,000 m² building
400,000 passengers/year capacity
 Free Zone
20,000 m² of duty free modular shops
32,400 m² representing 3 industrial buildings
115 operating companies
Car-park with 470 spaces

4. Port of Beirut (PoB) (cont.)
 Silos
Managed by the Ministry of Economy
Total capacity of 120,000 tons
 General Cargo Terminal
25,500 m² (4 warehouses) for general cargo
20,500 m² (3 warehouses) for operation
18,000 m² (3 warehouses) for cars
8,200 m² open warehouse for heavy load engines and cars
5,250 m² warehouse for hazardous goods

5. Port of Beirut (PoB) (cont.)
 General Cargo Terminal (cont.)
Software-based warehouse management with internet portal and billing system
Divided into zones for better trucks circulation and control
Equipped with control and alarm/CCTV systems

6. Port of Beirut (PoB) (cont.)
 Container Terminal
500,000 m² area, with up to 1,400,000 TEU/year
Reefer : 800 points
Main Equipment:
• 12 Ship-to-Shore gantry cranes
• 39 Rubber tired Gantry cranes
• 52 trucks
• 46 trailers
• Scanner machines

7. Opportunities
 For Travelers/Tourists
Closeness to city center
Variety of tourist attraction nearby
Tempered weather
 For Businesses and the moving of goods
Direct link to more than 50 ports
Closeness to main cities
Directly linked to the main road network
Competitive tariffs

8. Opportunities (cont.)
 Efficient Services:
Avg. moves/crane/hour: 27 moves
Avg. picks/vessel/hour: 80 moves
Truck turn around time: avg. 28min
Equipment down time: less than 5%
 Modern Infrastructure:
15.5/16.5m draft
65T twin lift cranes
 Skilled personnel

9. Opportunities (cont.)
 A study for a multi storage car parking is on going
(Capacity: 3000 ground slots for an annual throughput of
100,000 cars)

10. Dry Ports
 The Beirut Port container terminal is a high quality
container facility with the potential to become a World
Class Facility and the principal container port in the region
 Dry ports could be developed to ease out the congestion
at PoB terminal by shifting off-dock functions and
extending the terminal’s hinterland by enabling a higher
market capture

11. Dry Ports (cont.)
 An O-D survey was conducted, covering a total of 196
trips for the export containers and 193 trips for the import
containers
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
>5 10 20 40 60 80 <80
Share of containers destined within Lebanon per
distance
Distance (km)

12. Dry Ports (cont.)
5%
15%
60%
7%
13%
% share of export containers by origin in
Lebanon
Beirut
Bekaa
Mont
Lebanon
North
Lebanon
South
Lebanon
6%
18%
51%
11%
14%
Destination of import containers within
Lebanon

13. Dry Ports (cont.)
 Findings from the survey:
• Mount Lebanon is the predominant region that generates and attracts the
largest share of containers export (61%) and import (51%).
• Bekaa is the 2nd region that attracts (15%) and generates (18%) of
container traffic from PoB.
• More than one third of containers have an approximate travel distance of
10 km and 25% of containers travel beyond 60 km.
• Mount of Lebanon, South Lebanon and Bekaa are the three potential
regions that deserve further considerations regarding logistic traffic chain.

14. Dry Ports (cont.)
 Dry port should handle container traffic, General Cargo
and dry bulk as there is a potential to serve neighboring
countries in future
 Four options were studied to adopt a basic strategy:
1: in the proposed reclamation area of POB
2 : a dry port at close proximity to the port plus one border-based dry port
3 : two dry port at the Suburb of Beirut and one regional dry port at Rayak
4: Regional hinterland location at Chtoura

15. Option 1: Port reclamation area
• This option proposes developing a dry port to cater to
containers, general cargo and dry bulk.
• The dry port is proposed to be located within the port
area of reclaimed land.
• The congestion at the port could continue in the future
because the off-dock functions will continue to be
performed at the port.
• The preliminary cost estimation of this option: 345
MUSD.

17. Option 2: Close proximity
• Developing a dry port at Hadath in close proximity to
the port terminal.
• Developing a stockyard at Rayak to facilitate cross
border trade.
• The preliminary cost estimation is 132 MUSD.

20. Option 3: Suburbs of Beirut
• Developing 3 dry ports, two at suburb of Beirut (Choueifat
and Sin-El-Fil) and third one at Chtoura
• Choueifat is proposed to handle the immediate hinterland
traffic and South Lebanon traffic
• Sin-El-Fil is proposed to handle its immediate hinterland
traffic and North Lebanon traffic
• The suburb dry port will focus on domestic container traffic
• Chtoura dry port will handle both domestic containers and
transit considers apart from GC and DB of third countries
mostly Damascus bound traffic that may extend covering
some parts of Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait.
• The preliminary cost estimation is 147 MUSD.

24. Option 4: Inland regions of Lebanon
• Regional dry ports can cater domestic and transit traffic.
• Proposed locations are Tripoli, Saida and Chtoura.
• Chtoura in Bekaa valley will serve Mount Lebanon and
could attract Damascus bound traffic extended further to
central parts of Iraq and Jordan
• Tripoli will attract transit traffic that is bound for Tartous
and Lattakia ports of Syria
• It’s assumed that by 2022 Tripoli will have complete
railway connection with Beirut and Chtoura will be also
connected to Beirut by 2017.
• The preliminary cost estimation 140 MUSD.

27. Port of Tripoli
 2nd major port in Lebanon
 Total Area of 3 thousands m², with a harbor of 2,200,000 m²,
a land area of 320,000 m², and a 420,000 m² dump area
adjacent to the current port

28. Port of Tripoli (cont.)
 The port has the following warehouses and yards:
4 Warehouses for dry drainage goods, with an area of 11,000 m2
10 Warehouses for dry drainage goods and Wood, with an area of 17,500 m2
5 Yards to store vehicles, with an area exceeding 10,000 m2
1 Yard to store Containers, with an area of 10,000 m2
1 Yard for general purpose, with an area of 15,000 m2
2 Yards with an area of 3,000 m2 to store wood

29. Port of Tripoli (cont.)
 Port Equipment:
54 Mobile cranes with variable capacity (from 25 to 165 tons)
15 gafs for drainage goods
24 Forklifts
8 Bulldozers
30 Trucks
4 Tractors
Equipment for stowage of dry drainage goods

30. Competitive Advantages
 The presence of a back zone reaching 1,200,000 m2
 Low Taxes and Tariffs, and reduced fees for hired labor
 The presence of storage areas inside the Port, the Free
Zone, and in the future Free Economical Zone.
 The availability of great areas near the port to build
correlated dry ports.

31. Competitive Advantages (cont.)
 The location of the port only 30 km away from the border
with Syria, and thus accessible to Arab countries.
 The building of a new berth that is 15 m draft and 600 m
long in an ultimate phase which will definitely elevate the
status of the Port of Tripoli to occupy a prominent position
on the international shipping map.

32. Floating Dock
The Port of Tripoli wishes to supplement its facilities by
installing a floating dock for the repair and maintenance of
ships.
 The maximum length of ship that the dock must be able to
accommodate is 130 m
 Maximum width: 17.50 m
 Maximum light draft: 7.50 m
 Maximum light displacement: 3750 metric tons

33. Floating Dock (cont.)
The floating dock should be served by the following
structures:
 A 5 m wide access road between the coast and the
breakwater and along the breakwater up to the FD.
 A concrete platform will allow the installation of the shore
utilities necessary for operation of the FD.

34. Floating Dock (cont.)
 A concrete platform with an estimated surface area of
100ˣ15 m resting on piles embedded in the ground. This
platform will allow berthing of ships for reparations where
dry docking is not required.
 Two piles of approximately 1.20 m diameter embedded to
a depth of -12 m to -20 m approximately, depending on
the nature of the ground and currents.

35. FD Characteristics
 Overall length: 130 m minimum, 150 m max
 Overall width: 25 m minimum, 30 m max
 Working width: 19 m minimum
 Overall height up to the upper aisle: 10.50 m minimum, 12
m maximum
 Draft of floating dock: 11.50 m maximum
 Draft above blocks: 7.50 minimum
 Sidewall: about 1 m
 Width of sidewalls: 3 m minimum, 5 m max
 Length of sidewalls: about 110 m

36. Free Economical Zone
 The Port Site represents some of the most valuable lands
in Tripoli, that could be utilized for business requiring port
access in the event that expansion of the Port of Tripoli
occurs
 The Site can be developed as a Special Economical Zone
that attracts knowledge and creative-intensive businesses.
It will retain its distinct character as a centerpiece of Tripoli

37. Free economical Zone (cont.)
 The site could also be transformed into an “Innovation
Center”, with technical, training, research/development
and university facilities.
 Center would include:
Buildings wired for IT in a campus-like setting
High bandwidth connectivity
VOIP allowed
Exhibition space

38. Free economical Zone (cont.)
 Subsequent development phases will offer exhibition
space, hotel, and facilities for creative industries such as
media, arts, advertising, etc
 Alternatively, the Port Site can be developed in the near
term as a serviced industrial park to capture some of the
demand from foreign and domestic manufacturers,
traders, and distributors

39. Thank You for your attention
Rami Semaan – TMS Consult –
Beirut, Lebanon
Towards Sustainable Mobility