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Maersk Line Helps World Food Programme with Haiti Emergency
Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping line and part of the Danish group A.P. Moller - Maersk, provided free ocean freight for 147 containers (3,525 metric tons) of rice donated by the Government of Thailand to Haiti through the World Food Programme in April of this year. More
DHL Disaster Response Team supports the eartquake response operations in Haiti and Santo Domingo (January/February 2010)
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, on Tuesday 12th January 2010. The capital Port-au-Prince, was heavily affected. The DHL DRT (Disaster Response Team) Americas, based in Panama, got immediately ready for deployment, and started operating out of Toussaint L’ouverture International Airport in... More
Ericsson helps the United Nations establish a mobile network in quake-stricken Haiti
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 destroyed the country’s telecommunications infrastructure. Telecommunications are key to relief operations: they enable assessment teams to quickly communicate priority needs. More
OCHA and Microsoft partner on Haiti earthquake coordination website
Microsoft is helping OCHA to provide a place for aid organisations to exchange information and collaborate on Haiti. OneResponse, an online platform, contains contact lists, coordination meeting schedules, results of needs assessments and other key features to assist with the humanitarian response. More
Disaster Response Team relocates main outpost to Las Americas International Airport in Dominican Republic
Deutsche Post DHL has moved its main Disaster Response Team outpost from Haiti to the Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The team continues to unload humanitarian aid flights daily totaling over 100 tons of relief goods per day including cases of water and... More
DHL Disaster Response Teams
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, on Tuesday 12 January 2010. The capital Port-au-Prince, was heavily affected. The DHL DRT Americas, based in Panama, touched down and started operating out of Toussaint L'ouverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince within 48 hours. Our DRT with 10 DHL... More
Ericsson Response volunteers are getting ready to deploy a GSM network in Haiti to support relief efforts in the earthquake-stricken country
January 21, 2010 - Rima Qureshi, head of Ericsson Response, says it will take about two days for the seven volunteers to roll out services over the portable GSM network and Wireless LAN In Disaster Emergency Response (WIDER). More