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US ship brings 14 containers of engineering equipment, 18 tons relief
KARACHI, Oct 27 (APP): The USS Cleveland arrived in Karachi on Thursday carrying 14 containers of engineering equipment and 18 tons of humanitarian assistance supplies from Egypt and France. Pakistan Army will transport the equipment to the quake-affected areas. This is the fourth delivery of relief assistance made by US naval vessels. On October 17 and 18, MV Northern Lights and USS Pearl Harbor were diverted from normal operations to transport heavy equipment to Karachi for relief efforts. Those deliveries included cargo trucks, dump trucks, backhoes, forklifts and generators.
On October 24, the USS Pearl Harbor made a second delivery of goods donated by Pakistanis working in the United Arab Emirates. These goods consisted of 140 tons of food, water, milk and blankets. "The United States and the people of Pakistan share a long and historic friendship. In America, we are seeing the reports of thousands dead and millions now suffering and made homeless; we are doing as much as possible to help, and more importantly, we shall do more" said Mary Witt, Consul General of the US Consulate in Karachi.
A statement of the US Embassy on Thursday said more than 8,00 US emergency management personnel, medical teams and engineers are in Pakistan to assist with the relief efforts and the United States remains the principal international provider of airlift capabilities. Twenty-three helicopters from the US are currently operating in support of relief operations of the Government of Pakistan, the United Nations and other relief organisations. The Defense Department expects eventually to have more than 30 helicopters operational.
KARACHI, Oct 27 (APP): The USS Cleveland arrived in Karachi on Thursday carrying 14 containers of engineering equipment and 18 tons of humanitarian assistance supplies from Egypt and France. Pakistan Army will transport the equipment to the quake-affected areas. This is the fourth delivery of relief assistance made by US naval vessels. On October 17 and 18, MV Northern Lights and USS Pearl Harbor were diverted from normal operations to transport heavy equipment to Karachi for relief efforts. Those deliveries included cargo trucks, dump trucks, backhoes, forklifts and generators.
On October 24, the USS Pearl Harbor made a second delivery of goods donated by Pakistanis working in the United Arab Emirates. These goods consisted of 140 tons of food, water, milk and blankets. "The United States and the people of Pakistan share a long and historic friendship. In America, we are seeing the reports of thousands dead and millions now suffering and made homeless; we are doing as much as possible to help, and more importantly, we shall do more" said Mary Witt, Consul General of the US Consulate in Karachi.
A statement of the US Embassy on Thursday said more than 8,00 US emergency management personnel, medical teams and engineers are in Pakistan to assist with the relief efforts and the United States remains the principal international provider of airlift capabilities. Twenty-three helicopters from the US are currently operating in support of relief operations of the Government of Pakistan, the United Nations and other relief organisations. The Defense Department expects eventually to have more than 30 helicopters operational.
