Direct delivery aid boxes arrive successfully at Port-au-Prince
CROWLEY Maritime has successfully discharged 12 20 ft containers full of relief supplies across a Haitian beach in Port-au-Prince, paving the way for direct box shipments into the earthquake-devastated Caribbean country.
An experimental lightering operation involved lifting the containers from Crowley’s 600 teu-capacity Marcajama anchored in Port-au-Prince harbour, to a shallow-draught landing vessel for transport and discharge over the beach.
Florida-based Crowley confirmed that the Marcajama would was to return last...
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