The large container ship Colombo Express, operated by global shipping company Hapag Lloyd and working with CMA-CGM, docked at the port of Tripoli on Sunday morning.

This ship sails on the Megam shipping line that connects the Persian Gulf with the port of Tripoli.

With a length of 336 meters and a width of 43 meters, this ship is the largest to dock in this port since its inception.

The dispatch of this huge German ship to the port of Tripoli reflects the great confidence of global shipping companies in this port facility, as a base in the Middle East.  In fact, the hopes for the development of this port are embodied in the context of the economic projects that accompany the international and local interest in this port, in the process of reviving the Lebanese economy and the economy of the capital of the North.