TNT flies aid into Pakistan

TNT airlifted 110 metric tonnes of food aid to Karachi at the weekend to supply the Pakistani food assistance missions of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

The airlift supplements the facilities TNT already provides in Pakistan such as warehouse space and the necessary resources to operate these warehouses.

The shipment of Plumpy’Doz, a peanut and vegetable fat supplementary food for infants that is fortified with vitamin and minerals, is enough to feed approximately 330,000 children for a week.

TNT has also committed to provide more facilities than previously communicated. The company now also offers warehousing facilities in Hyderabad next to Multan and Islamabad.

Additional resources necessary to operate warehouses are also offered by TNT, such as operational staff, armed security guards, forklifts, pallets and temperature controlled containers.

The complete shipment of food supplement was collected from the production plant in France and was trucked to TNT’s air hub in Liege.

Here the pallets were loaded on board a TNT Boeing 747-400 ERF cargo plane and airlifted to destination Karachi on October 16, World Food Day.

In Karachi the relief aid will clear customs and will be distributed to warehouses throughout Pakistan. The transport and the warehousing facilities will be provided free to the WFP.
(Source:www.cargonewsasia.com)