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- A national day of mourning will take place tomorrow (February 12) in Haiti, exactly one month after the earthquake. All national staff have been given the day off. No UNHAS helicopter cargo flights will take place, and truck movements and warehouse operations will be shut down for the day across the country.
Civil Military Coordination
- A process is underway to determine the withdrawal period for certain military assets and examine the possibility of requests to keep certain equipment In-country for use by the humanitarian community continuing in the operations. This could include equipment currently being used at the port and airport.
- The JOTC (Joint Operations Tasking Centre) is taking a lot of requests. Most are for security but the number of requests for engineering and infrastructure assistance is increasing.
- Guidelines are being drawn up for medevac procedures for non-UN personnel through the JOTC. These will be disseminated as soon as they are finalized.
Logistics Coordination
Port au Prince
- 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.
Santo Domingo
- The next Logistics Cluster meeting will be held at the UN House in Santo Domingo on Wednesday 17 February at 1400 hrs local time.
Air Operations
Port au Prince Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport
- The national day of mourning will not affect airport operations, which are still managed by the US Military.
Air Operations PAP
- Two helicopter cargo deliveries took place today. 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.
Surface Transport
PAP
- The road between Port au Prince and Jacmel suffered a lot of damage as a result of the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. While the landslides have been cleared and works are ongoing by the Canadian Military and MINUSTAH, many areas remain at risk of landslides once the rainy season begins.
- The Logistics Cluster in partnership with Handicap International/Atlas Logistique has all-terrain trucks in place in Jacmel, Petit Goave, Cap Haitien and Gonaives which can serve more difficult areas in the mountains where there is a need.
- No Logistics Cluster truck movements will take place tomorrow (February 12) for deliveries within Haiti.
- To date the Logistics Cluster in PAP has transported 3,199 m3 (536 mt) of goods within Haiti for 43 different UN agencies and NGOs. A further 297 m3 (90 mt) are planned.
Sea Transport
Port au Prince
- A meeting was held today regarding the British Naval vessel which is now due to enter PAP on February 18th. After discharging port enhancement equipment and vehicles to serve the ongoing operation, the ship will be made available by tasking by WFP and the Logistics Cluster to shuttle cargo to ports within Haiti until March 15.
- Two WFP port captains, Logistics Cluster personnel and Royal Navy specialists will be visiting the ports of Jacmel, Miragoane, Saint Marc, Gonaives and Cap Haitien prior to the ship’s arrival to finalize an operational plan for the vessel.
Warehousing
Port au Prince
- The majority of warehouses will be shut tomorrow.
Pipeline
- The Logistics Cluster is setting a system in place to track all cargo moved through interagency transport and warehousing to give an overview of what cargo is coming into Haiti and where it is being delivered.
- 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.