Before and after the Beirut explosion
Before and after the Beirut explosion
- Sumitomo Heavy Industries has been Granted an “Approval in Principle” for a Medium-Size High-Pressure LNG Dual-Fueled Tanker
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Three ships in port had their AIS transponders shut off during the blast and are probably ripped to shreds, and one cruise ship capsized at it’s berth. Can’t figure out the ID of the cargo ship that ended up on shore, but it doesn’t match the ships named in this article who’s AIS went out.
[http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/08/04/beirut-port-explosion-in-close-proximity-witness-video/](http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/08/04/beirut-port-explosion-in-close-proximity-witness-video/)
A good article that covers what happened and where the explosives came from
[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/officials-knew-danger-beirut-port-years-200805032416684.html](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/officials-knew-danger-beirut-port-years-200805032416684.html)
And an old brief from a law firm that talks about the conditions of the cargo ship carrying the explosives being seized.
[https://shiparrested.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The-Arrest-News-11th-issue.pdf](https://shiparrested.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The-Arrest-News-11th-issue.pdf)
So the absence of signals from these transponders pretty much means the ships, for lack of a better term, were vaporized?
Edit: a word.