The massive blast that severely damaged Beirut’s port Tuesday destroyed 85% of the city’s grain silos, leaving the country with a one-month supply of wheat. A warehouse filled with ammonium nitrate fertilizer blew up 50 meters away from the silos, which had a storage capacity of 120,000 tons. The blast also ripped across an Egyptian-operated ship, the Mero Star, which was unloading 5,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat. Two crew members were seriously injured, but the cargo is “in good condition,” the shipping company spokesman told Reuters. Beirut-bound freighters are being rerouted to Tripoli, Lebanon, 80 km to the north.
The massive blast that severely damaged Beirut’s port Tuesday destroyed 85% of the city’s grain silos
