WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 228659 [post_author] => 21 [post_date] => 2020-08-05 15:44:25 [post_date_gmt] => 2020-08-05 15:44:25 [post_content] => By Dana Khraiche, Youssef Diab and Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) — The volatile chemical that Lebanese authorities blame for Tuesday’s lethal blast in Beirut had been lying in storage at the city’s port for six years in spite of warnings from customs officials about its hazards, documents show. The ammonium nitrate arrived as cargo on the […] [post_title] => Beirut Blast Blamed on Chemical Cargo Removed From Ship in 2014 [post_excerpt] => By Dana Khraiche, Youssef Diab and Verity Ratcliffe (Bloomberg) — The volatile chemical that Lebanese authorities blame for Tuesday’s lethal blast in Beirut had been lying in storage at the city’s port for six years in spite of warnings from cust... [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => beirut-blast-blamed-on-chemical-cargo-removed-from-ship-in-2014 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-08-05 15:44:25 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-08-05 15:44:25 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://gcaptain.com/?p=141516 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => news [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )