Friday, February 5, 2016

Traffic improves at Tripoli Port. Exports surge 136 percent this year


The activity of Port of Tripoli (PoT) improved last year compared to the year before.

Total goods reached 1.8 million tons. Exports jumped 136 percent to 439,000 tons. "We have started to export to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq through Turkey, which helped spike exports," said Ahmad Tamer, PoT Director General.

Despite this significant climb, total revenues only rose by 25 percent to $14 million. Tamer said: "This is because the port mostly handles general cargo, which has a much...

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