German firms put forward proposal to rebuild Beirut port BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Governor of Beirut Marwan Abboud, right, listens to Hermann Schnell, Managing Director at Colliers Germany and Head of Architecture and Workplace Consulting, second right, who is speaking during a press conference as he sits next of Lars Greiner, Associate Partner responsible for Middle East and Africa HPC, Hamburg Port consulting, center, and Suheil Mahayni, managing Director of Hamburg Port Consulting, left, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 9, 2021. Representatives of several private German companies on a visit Friday to Lebanon outlined an elaborate, multi-billion dollar study to rebuild the port of Beirut and surrounding neighborhoods destroyed by a massive explosion last year and nearby city neighborhoods.Hussein Malla/APShow MoreShow Less