Beirut Port freight activity contracted to around 374 thousand tons during the month of January 2022, down from 425 thousand tons in the previous month, whilst remaining almost flat on an annual basis. However, the number of vessels dropped by 6.32% y-o-y to 89 while the number of imported cars rose by 37.58% (610 cars) to 2,233. In a related context, the Beirut port handled containers with a total cargo capacity of around 49.976 thousand TEUs (including transshipments) in comparison with a cargo capacity of some 44.313 thousand TEUs in January 2021.