Refrigerated container traffic through Tripoli's port rose steadily over the summer, according to shipping agents, as growers in the north sent more apples, citrus and table grapes to buyers abroad.
Agents said the season started slowly because of uncertainty over freight rates, but picked up in July once several regular container services added calls at the port.
"A reefer slot used to be the thing you fought for," said Nadim, who runs a small freight-forwarding office near the harbour. "This year we had more space than cargo for the first few weeks, and then suddenly it flipped."
Growers say packing and cold storage remain the bottleneck. Several cooperatives are pooling money to share a single pre-cooling facility rather than each building their own.
Exporters expect the citrus season, which begins in late autumn, to be the real test of whether the new services stay.
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