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- The three helicopters (1 Mi-8 and 2 Mi-171) operated by UNHAS to serve the humanitarian community will begin flights tomorrow to carry assessment teams.
Civil Military Coordination
- Ongoing meetings are planned with the US Military logistics unit to plan for the supply routes to Haiti.
Logistics Coordination
Port au Prince
- A full list of assets available for interagency use through the Logistics Cluster can be found on the website at: http://www.logcluster.org/hai10a.
- The next Logistics Cluster meeting will be held on Saturday, January 30 at 09:00.
Santo Domingo
- The next Logistics Cluster meeting will be held at the UN House in Santo Domingo on Wednesday 3 February at 14:00 hrs.
Air Operations
Port au Prince Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport
- The Logistics Cluster has a civil military coordinator in Miami to advise the authorities allocating slots for incoming air cargo based on humanitarian priorities established by the Humanitarian Country Office. A proposal is underway to allocate 50 percent of flights to humanitarian cargo and 50 percent to bilateral flights and flights supporting the government of Haiti.
- A bottleneck is being caused by goods arriving without clear consignees, addresses and packing lists.
Santo Domingo Las Americas International Airport
- On Thursday 28 January 2 aircrafts were received at Santo Domingo airport. One flight carried cargo for WFP, the other flight came from the UNHRD in Brindisi with cargo for CRS, WFP, WHO, and World Vision.
Air Operations PAP
- Three helicopters managed by UNHAS (one Mi-8 and two Mi-171) are in place in the Dominican Republic to provide cargo transport of humanitarian goods into Haiti. The helicopters are primarily for cargo transport, with a capacity from 2 to 4 mt depending on flight distance. Passenger capacity is 20 pax.
- The first flights are due to begin tomorrow to carry assessment teams.
- The aircraft will most likely be based out of Barahona, however for now fuel remains an issue. Flights can also be made out of PAP if required.
- Today US Military helicopters carried 8 mt of HRDs and 5 mt of HEB for WFP to Momemerlin in the mountains east of PAP. A total of 100 mt of HEB will be airlifted over the coming period.
- Tomorrow flights are tasked to deliver UNICEF plastic sheeting, jerrycans and blankets, also to Mont Merlin.
- Passenger bookings can be done both in person at the UNHAS booking desk and by email at unhaspax.haiti@wfp.org.
Air Operations Santo Domingo
- To date, UNHAS has transported passengers for 86 different agencies, NGOs, governments and media institutions from Santo Domingo to Port-au-Prince.
- In eight days of operation, UNHAS has transported 8.4 mt of humanitarian cargo from Santo Domingo to Port-au-Prince, serving five different organisations and three different clusters (Health, Food and ICT).
- UNHAS now offers passenger transport from Monday through Sunday. Flights depart Santo Domingo at 10:00h and 14:00h every day.
- Users of the aviation services are reminded that strict procedures are in place for booking. All requests for passenger transport should be directed to unhaspax.haiti@wfp.org.
Surface Transport
PAP
- 50 trucks are available in Haiti including M6 and long-haul vehicles for interagency cargo transport.
Santo Domingo
- To date, the Logistics Cluster has sent a total of 96 trucks from Santo Domingo to Jimaní and Port-au- Prince, carrying cargo for 10 different organizations, facilitating the delivery of goods for several other clusters including Shelter, Water and Sanitation, Food and ICT.
- 25 trucks destined for Port-au-Prince were loaded today in Santo Domingo with cargo from IOM, UNICEF, ActionAid, and World Vision, and 1 truck was loaded with 3 weeks supply of MREs for the hospital in Jimani.
Sea Transport
Port au Prince
- In the coming weeks, significant numbers of ships are expected to be coming in to the Port-au-Prince port, which currently only has one pier operating at the very limited capacity of about 100 containers per day. Ships presenting themselves in Haiti must have their own cranes and equipment in order to prevent bottlenecks.
- The option of securing another access by sea and reinforcing the Dominican road corridor is being examined with assistance from MINUSTAH and the US Military.
- In order to ensure the port at PAP remains manageable ships coming in may be prioritized and some rerouted to other points of entry.
Santo Domingo
- The port of Santo Domingo has three terminals within the bay and provides a viable option for cargo arriving by sea.
Warehousing
Port au Prince
- Groundwork has started in PAP on a site for mobile storage units.
- No goods can be released from the warehouse without authorization provided in the form of a stock release order. This can be found on the website at http://www.logcluster.org or in person from the Logisitcs Cluster.
Santo Domingo
- The Logistics Cluster now disposes of a 3000 m2 warehouse at the Caucedo terminal in Santo Domingo. The warehouse space is a donation from the Spanish Corporation (Agencia Española para la Cooperación Internacional y Desarollo).
- WFP has secured warehouse space at the border hub in Jimani.
Fuel
Port au Prince
- While the Logistics Cluster can still assist with urgent requests for fuel on an ad hoc basis, fuel is now available in town and organizations should have no problem securing supplies.
Other
Port au Prince
- The Base Camp in Port au Prince will be opening in the next two days to provide staff accommodation. The priority for a place will be given to staff already here before the earthquake who cannot return to their homes. The final details on slots remain under discussion.
- A 226-person ship is due to arrive off Port au Prince in the coming days to provide additional accommodation.