Port of Tripoli | |
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Location | |
Country | Lebanon |
Location | Tripoli |
Coordinates | 34°27′03″N 35°49′43″E / 34.45083°N 35.82861°E |
UN/LOCODE | LBKYE[1] |
Details | |
Opened | 1959 |
Operated by | Tripoli Port Authority |
Owned by | Government of Lebanon |
Type of harbour | Artificial/Coastal breakwater |
Size of harbour | 2,200,000 m²[2] |
Size | 3,000,000 m² |
No. of berths | 8 |
No. of wharfs | 1 |
Port Manager | Ahmad Tamer |
Statistics | |
Vessel arrivals | 450 ships (yearly)[2] |
Website http://www.portdetripoli.com/[dead link] |
The Port of Tripoli (Arabic: مرفأ طرابلس) is the second major port in Lebanon.[2] The port covers an approximate area of 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi), with a water area of 2.2 square kilometres (0.85 sq mi), and the land area composing of 320,000 square metres (3,400,000 sq ft), and a 420,000 square metres (4,500,000 sq ft) dump area adjacent to the current port, reserved for the future Container Terminal and Free Market Zone.[2][3]