Beirut Port freight activity decreased to around 411.6 thousand tons during the month of February 2025, down from 468.5 thousand tons in the previous month. On a cumulative basis, however, freight activity rose by 9.13% y-o-y during the first two months of 2025 to 880 thousand tons up from 807 thousand tons a year earlier. The number of vessels, however, dropped by 6.64% year-on-year to 225 in comparison with 241 in the same period in 2024, while the number of imported cars increased by 7.68% to 5,116 cars. In a related context, the Beirut port handled containers with a total cargo capacity of around 111.02 thousand TEUs (including transshipments) up to February 2025 in comparison with a larger cargo capacity of 116.53 thousand TEUs a year earlier.