I had just read a book about the Phoenicians, and how important for their development was that they knew how to build proper boats (instead of for instance the reed boats of the Egyptians that would disintegrate if the waves were a bit high). It was nice to imagine that similar boats were being built here some 3500 years earlier.

From that book (by Sanford Holst) I quote: "Far to the north the Phoenicians set up a similar [to Tyre] outpost on an island called Arwad. Located about sixty miles past Byblos, this delightful isle was more round in shape than Tyre and had the traditional two ports desired. Both of these faced the shore [...]. As Tyre did in the south, Arwad supported Phoenician trade to the north, mainly to Anatolia, but also to Cyprus and the Aegean. While this trade was good, it was still secondary to the main route that ran to wealthy and populous Egypt."