The captain of the ship had some interesting things to say about the whole debacle. - The ship had to dock in Beirut because they found out they were short of

The captain of the ship had some interesting things to say about the whole debacle. - The ship had to dock in Beirut because they found out they were short of the passage fee for the Suez Canal. - They were going to raise more money to get through the canal by taking on a job transporting machinery from Beirut along with the explosives - The ship would have been overburdened by the machinery and the explosives, so they couldn't pass an inspection and couldn't leave. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53683082 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53683082