Hezbollah terrorists are not just destroying homes and towns in Israel. Their actions are also having an effect on the global freight industry. As fighting continues in Lebanon the damage caused to Beirut airport has prevented any commercial flights to or from the country.

A number of leading freight services (including companies from the UK) have suspended the transport of cargo to and from Beirut airport. Many freight forwarding companies are still transporting goods to Damascus. However if Syria enters the fray in support of Hezbollah with whom it has close links, commercial transportation to that country might also be affected.

One of the key reasons for the cessation of flights to Beirut is the fact that the city's runway has been damaged. However, if the violence escalates the issue of safety may also prevent the transport of freight to and from the country.

Indeed, only last week two truck drivers were killed at the Beirut Container Terminal where they were waiting to collect cargo to transport out of the country.

Although air freight to Lebanon is affected, since the port is still open, transportation to the country has not stopped entirely. This is good news for humanitarian relief organisations keen to send aid supplies to the country.

Much of the freight needing to be transported to Beirut is being shipped to Damietta, which is the closest safe port. It is then stored in warehouses there until it is ready to be dispatched to Beirut.

This means that at the moment the freight services industry is managing to find ways around the problems caused by Hezbollah's attacks on Israel and the country's counter offensive.

This is good news for both humanitarian organisations delivering aid to Lebanon as well as to the freight services industry. However, if Syria joins Hezbollah's attack on Israel then the implications for freight transport to both Lebanon and the Middle East in general could be severely affected.