Beirut Port freight activity expanded to around 444 thousand tons during the month of February 2022, up from 374 thousand tons in the previous month. On a cumulative basis, however, freight activity contracted by 1.60% to 818 thousand tons by end of February 2022, down from 832 thousand tons a year earlier. Moreover, the number of vessels dropped by 5.15% y-o-y to 184 while the number of imported cars rose by 55.53% (1,512 cars) to 4,235. In a related context, the Beirut port handled containers with a total cargo capacity of around 104.21 thousand TEUs (including transshipments) in comparison with a cargo capacity of some 109.40 thousand TEUs by end of February 2021.