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Sunday, 26 September 2010
Logistics operators respond to Pakistan disaster
Logistics leaders, Agility, TNT and UPS are providing vital warehousing, transport and logistics support in the current Pakistan emergency to ensure critical relief supplies reach the people affected by the disastrous rains and flooding. The three companies comprise the Logistics Emergency Teams (LETs) unit, a cross-company partnership to support humanitarian relief efforts during natural disasters. The LETs are working closely with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), which as well as being the frontline agency fighting hunger is also the lead of the Logistics Cluster, which coordinates the logistical response of the humanitarian community at times of disaster. The heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan have left millions stranded with no access to food and basic necessities. In the first month, WFP reached three million people with lifesaving food supplies, and in September is seeking to reach double that number, said Martin Ohlsen, WFP logistics director. "The LETs are an important component in our overall response strategy and their generous contribution of logistics assets and personnel has significantly boosted the speed and effectiveness of our response," Ohlsen said. The LETs, from Agility, TNT and UPS, have provided warehousing facilities totalling 8,000 sqm in Multan, Peshawar and Islamabad, along with support staff in several locations. Agility and TNT have also supplied refrigerated containers for storage of temperature sensitive cargo such as medicines, and Agility, TNT and UPS have provided light trucks for transporting relief material between airports, helipads and consolidation warehouses. As well as warehousing and transport assets, the LET partners provide expertise and local knowledge, to support the response of the entire humanitarian community in getting food, shelter, health and water sanitation items to the most affected communities. TNT Pakistan is providing warehouse space in Multan and Islamabad, along with operations and security personnel and fork lift capacity. The LETs initiative is the first multi-company commitment to the humanitarian sector and was launched in 2008 at the World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Central to the LETs model is the partnership of otherwise competing companies to utilise their corporate expertise, local resources and relationships in support of humanitarian relief efforts in response to natural disasters.(cna/mar)
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