Haiti Logistics Update- (Land, Sea, Air) - New Flight

Below are links and today's report from the internet LOG CLUSTER site for humanitarian coordination of disaster logistics.

Agencies,disaster logistics professionals and individuals can find updated official information here about coordinated air, sea, road and rail transportion, customs and immigration services for Haiti.

I'll post these reports daily for the coming days. Contact numbers for the Haiti representatives are at the end of the report.

Here is the link for Jan 17.

Here is the link for yesterday's Log Cluster report.

Today's Jan 17 report content follows below:
LOGISTICS CLUSTER
Haiti Earthquake Update
17 January 2010, 22:00h

Logistics Cluster, 17 January 2009 Page 1 of 2

SITUATION UPDATE

On 12 January at 16:53h local time (21:53h GMT) an earthquake
measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale (depth 10 km) hit a highly
populated area in Ouest Province of Haiti (population 2.2 million),
17km south-west of Port-au-Prince (18.45N, 72.45W). Carrefour
and Jacmel have also been affected.

On 16 Jan it was reported that the limited fuel supply is becoming
serious. The price for fuel in Haiti has increased to the equivalent
of 10 USD per gallon.

INFRASTRUCTURE

AIRPORT status:
Port au Prince Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport
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• Information on the slot system for Port-au-Prince airport is posted at:
http://www.logcluster.org/ops/hti10a/Logistics Cluster_Haiti Update_100116

SEAPORT status Port au Prince :
• Most recent port information is available on the Logistics Cluster website:
http://www.logcluster.org/ops/hti10a/flash-news-15-january-2010

ROAD status (update from the WFP Regional Bureau in Panama):
• The road between Santo Domingo and Port-au-Prince is becoming more and more congested. UN
officials confirmed that convoys from Jimani (at the border) to Port-au-Prince will be escorted by
Dominican Civil Defence and MINUSTAH.
• Transit time between Cap Haitien and Port-au-Prince is one day.
• The road between Jacmel and Port-au-Prince is open to “all terrain” vehicles.
• The status of the road linking Barahona to the main road in Port-au-Prince (from Santo Domingo) is still
unknown.

IMMEDIATE NEEDS
• Search and rescue; emergency health; water and sanitation; shelter; food; logistics and telecommunications.
• Access to fuel continues to be an issue.

RESPONSE
• A Logistics Cluster meeting was held in Port-au-Prince on 16 Jan, with 30 participants attending.
Meetings will be held on a daily basis.

• The Logistics Cluster has made a request to the Government of the Dominican Republic for approval to establish a major humanitarian hub in Barahona as an alternate for channelling humanitarian relief cargo from Santo Domingo to Haiti.

• UNHAS established a passenger service from Santo Domingo to Port-au-Prince (Cessna Caravan 208B, 10 pax). The first flight took place on 17 Jan.
Flight schedule: Week 18-22 Jan (Monday - Thursday): The plane will depart Santo Domingo to Port-au-Prince at 08:00h. Passengers to check-in at 07:00h.

A new schedule will be announced for operations starting 23 Jan.

PASSENGER requests should be sent to UNHASPAX.Haiti@wfp.org.

CARGO requests should be sent to UNHASCRG.Haiti@wfp.org.

Booking form and flight schedule are published on the Logistics Cluster website
http://www.logcluster.org/ops/hti10a/flash-news-17-january-2010-unhas

• Three Mobile Storage Units are already in Haiti and another ten are being shipped to supplement the storage capacity in Port-au-Prince.

• The MSB base camp arrived in Santo Domingo on 17 Jan. Onward delivery to Port-au-Prince will take place on 18 Jan.

Logistics Cluster Focal Point Contact Details in Port-au-Prince:

o Andrew Stanhope, Haiti Logistics Cluster Coordinator
andrew.stanhope@wfp.org, Tel + 503 7861 5152
o Edmondo Perrone, Haiti Logistics Cluster Officer
edmondo.perrone@wfp.org; Tel +509 3701 2341
o Baptiste Burgaud, Haiti Logistics Cluster Officer
baptiste.burgaud@wfp.org; Tel +39 349 050 7280