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- A British Naval vessel will be arriving in PAP on February 15th with port enhancement equipment and vehicles for use by NGO partners. This ship will then be made available for tasking by WFP and the Logistics Cluster to shuttle cargo from Port au Prince to Cap Haitien, Gonaives and potentially Jacmel.
Border Crossing and Customs
- Organizations are having trouble bringing cars into the country through Jimani border crossing if they are on trucks. For now, it is advised that all vehicles should be driven across the border with the proper paperwork and necessary identification. The Logistics Cluster raised the issue with the civil protection to address it with the Haitian authorities.
- A representative of the Department of Civil Protection will be positioned at the border in the coming days to facilitate humanitarian cargo crossing the border.
Civil Military Coordination
- Daily coordination meetings are being put in place between the US and Canadian Forces, MINUSTAH, WFP and the Logistics Cluster to address logistics issues and establish what is necessary for the coming period. The meetings take place at the US JTF offices.
- The Clusters are presenting a report to the coordination support committee regarding the urgent need to remove rubble and associated requirements, which will become a major Military, police and UN mission civilian focus in order to address the issue before the hurricane season begins.
- A “specialised planning task force” will be established comprised of JOTC planners including engineers. Assessments will be performed and to identify urgent tasks that the Clusters cannot undertake with civilian means and provide support.
Logistics Coordination
Port au Prince
- Cluster leads are the focal point for non-UN partner access to the MINUSTAH Log Base for access and meetings. A list is submitted to UNDSS on a daily basis with the organizations on each Cluster’s roster. ID is required for entry.
- Cluster meetings in PAP are now held twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. The next Logistics Cluster meeting will be held on Friday, February 12 at 09:30. To date, more than 150 organisations have attended the meetings but attendance is now stabilizing.
Air Operations
Air Operations PAP
- The UNHAS passenger service to locations within Haiti has begun. Flights take place on Tuesdays to Les Cayes and Jacmel, Wednesdays to Hinche and Ounaminthe, Thursdays to Cap Haitien, Saturdays to Saint Marc, Gonaives and Belladere. The schedule can be found at UNHAS Flight Schedule - Internal Flights.
- The flight booking procedure remains the same as the one currently in place for PAP. Forms and details are available on the website at Snapshot - UNHAS passenger flights.
- To date, UNHAS has transported some 2,200 passengers for over 180 different agencies, NGOs, governments and media institutions between Santo Domingo and Port-au-Prince.
- Two helicopter cargo deliveries are planned for tomorrow. One to carry medicine, tents and medical supplies for UNICEF to Montagne Jacquot Merlin, and a second to deliver medical supplies for Direct Relief to the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Deschapelles.
Airport Santo Domingo
- Las Americas airport is congested. WFP is, on behalf of the Logistics Cluster, is working to secure dedicated warehouse space at the airport to alleviate the current situation.
Surface Transport
PAP
- Interagency transport is running smoothly both within PAP and out of Jacmel, Cap Haitien, Petit Goave and Gonaives.
- To date the Logistics Cluster in PAP has transported 3,199 m3 (531 mt) of goods within Haiti for 43 different UN agencies and NGOs. A further 286 m3 (83 mt) are planned for tomorrow.
Santo Domingo
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As of 9 February, the Logistics Cluster has transported 6737 m3 of NFIs and some 1400m2 of food from Santo Domingo to Haiti.
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The trucking capacity of the Logistics Cluster is 85 WFP contracted trucks, plus some 30 additional vehicles to ensure that the transport requirements of the humanitarian community are met. The number of trucks can and will be augmented if the situation so requires.
Sea Transport
Port au Prince
- A British Naval vessel will be arriving in PAP on February 15th with port enhancement equipment and vehicles for use by NGO partners. This ship will then be made available for tasking by WFP and the Logistics Cluster to shuttle cargo from Port au Prince to Cap Haitien, Gonaives and potentially Jacmel.
- The installation of two floating piers at the port is ongoing. Work is expected to be complete by the end of the week. Current capacity at the port is about 250 containers per day.
Warehousing
Port au Prince
- Land is being prepared at the WFP – Logistics Cluster warehouse nber 1 for the erection of MSUs. Assistance is being given to organizations wishing to use one or install one of their own in the same location.
- A Logistics Cluster representative is currently in Leogane to assist organizations setting up in this location. The same assistance will be given to Cap Haitien and Jacmel.
Santo Domingo
- The warehouse in Caucedo is now fully operational. Cargo arriving at Las Americas may be moved to Caucedo due to the limited storage capacity in the airport.
Pipeline
- All organizations operating in the Haiti Earthquake response have been asked to provide their pipeline information to the Logistics Cluster so an overview of assistance can be made available to the humanitarian community, the government and donors. This should be forwarded to Global.LogisticsCluster@wfp.org.