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Uber, United Nations join forces to deliver food in war-torn Ukraine

9 June 2022

The war in Ukraine has pummeled global supply chains, limiting the country’s ability to export key natural resources like silver — and import crucial supplies like food.

To combat the growing food insecurity in war-torn Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has turned to an unlikely source.

This week, WFP released a joint statement with mobility and delivery powerhouse Uber (NYSE: UBER), announcing that the technology company is lending a custom-built version of its platform to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-united-nations-join-forces-to-deliver-food-in-war-torn-ukraine

Pilot raises $1M for children and families in Ukraine

11 April 2022

Pilot Company raised $1 million for Ukraine crisis relief efforts.

Fuel supplier and travel center operator Pilot Company raised more than $1 million for Save the Children’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund.

A portion of the funds were raised by customers who rounded up their purchases at more than 650 participating U.S. travel centers and restaurants. Pilot Company gifted $100,000 to the effort, and some of the company’s team members made contributions as well.

“The devastation in Ukraine is heartbreaking,” Shameek Konar, CEO of Pilot Company, said in a release on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pilot-raises-1m-for-children-and-families-in-ukraine

Elroy Air, AYR Logistics partner to use drones for humanitarian aid

17 November 2021

Elroy Air partners with AYR Logistics to deploy drones to deliver humanitarian aid

One of the biggest barriers to global humanitarian aid efforts is and has always been access. There’s only so much an organization like the United Nations can do when up against bureaucratic restrictions, thefts of humanitarian assets in transit and, crucially, weak transportation infrastructure.

“More than a billion people are disconnected from reliable roadways,” Kofi Asante, vice president of strategy and business development for drone maker Elroy Air, told eVTOL.com. “That means if you were...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/elroy-air-ayr-logistics-partner-to-use-drones-for-humanitarian-aid

CMA CGM Dispatches ‘A Humanitarian Ship for Lebanon’

26 August 2020

CMA CGM Group’s ro-ro vessels have been dispatched to Lebanon.
It has mobilized its expertise to transport the load to the nation battered by an explosion.
It will transport relief provided by NGOs, companies, and French public institutions.
The load contains medical equipment and essential goods and products.

An international relief initiative to send medical equipment and essential goods and products, says a press release published by CMA CGM on its website.

Vessel dispatched for humanitarian...

https://mfame.guru/cma-cgm-dispatches-a-humanitarian-ship-for-lebanon/

Cargo planes head to Beirut with relief supplies

7 August 2020

U.S. military fork lift puts pallets on a truck as part of airlift of relief supplies to Beirut, which is suffering the effects of a huge explosion at the port.

Governments are deploying cargo planes loaded with humanitarian aid following Tuesday’s massive explosion at the Port of Beirut, which Lebanese officials say killed at least 137 and wounded more than 5,000.

A plane donated by the government of the United Arab Emirates arrived Wednesday with 20 tons of medical supplies from the World Health Organization’s logistics hub in Dubai to help treat up to 2,000 patients injured in the blast, according to the WHO.

The U.S. military is sending three C-17...

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FourKites gives logistics aid organization a communications boost

23 June 2020

Supply chain visibility platform FourKites has partnered with the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) to accelerate the voluntary transport and delivery of vital goods to emergency hot spots as they occur throughout the country.

In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities, ALAN launched as a means to connect disaster relief organizations and other nonprofits with transportation services providers willing to move life-sustaining supplies to disaster...

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