Ship prepared to ferry containers of hazardous materials from Beirut to Germany

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BEIRUT, 1 May, 2021 (TON): On Friday, a ship prepared to ferry dozens of containers of hazardous materials from Lebanon’s capital to Germany.

This was announced by the managers of a cleanup project.

German firm Combi Lift was tasked with removing dangerous substances from the port after the explosion of hundreds of tons of fertilizer there on August 4.

The last of 59 containers was lifted onto the ship on Friday.

Heiko Felderhoff, CEO of Combi Lift, said, “The ship is here and so on the weekend we are

leaving.”

Elias Assouad, the head of the Lebanese-German Business Council, said the project had cleared the port of “all toxic, cancerous, flammable and highly reactive chemicals that have been stored here for decades.”

However, the German firm had been expected to deal with only 49 containers of hazardous material.

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