Beirut Port freight activity rebounded to around 558.0 thousand tons during the month of March 2025, up from 411.6 thousand tons in the previous month. On a cumulative basis, moreover, freight activity rose by 10.74% y-o-y during the first quarter of 2025 to 1,438 thousand tons up from 1,299 thousand tons a year earlier. The number of vessels, however, dropped by 7.57% year-on-year to 354 in comparison with 383 in the same period in 2024, while the number of imported cars increased by 2.72% to 8,639 cars. In a related context, the Beirut port handled containers with a total cargo capacity of around 179.81 thousand TEUs (including transshipments) up to March 2025 in comparison with a larger cargo capacity of 178.95 thousand TEUs a year earlier.