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Global Logistics Cluster: WEEK 30

GLOBAL LOGISTICS CLUSTER OPERATIONS WEEKLY UPDATE TH TH 20 – 26 JULY 2012

Each week the Global Logistics Cluster Support Cell (GLCSC) provides an operational update on the activities of Logistics Clusters/Sectors in the field, together with the details of the latest publications on the Logistics Cluster website. The GLCSC is housed in the Logistics Division of the UN World Food Programme, the Global Logistics Cluster Lead. It is comprised of a diverse, multi-skilled group of logisticians, currently drawn from ACF, Care Canada, MSB (formerly SRSA), Save the Children, and WFP. Previously, the GLCSC has included representation from Care International and WVI. To subscribe to any of the field cluster mailing lists please visit the operations page for the required country on the Logistics Cluster website. GLCSC http://www.logcluster.org/  The Eastern Turkey Assessment Report is now available on the Logistics Cluster website at: http://www.logcluster.org/countries/tur/Logistics%20Cluster_EasternTurkey_%20Assessment_120330.pdf/view The Digital Logistics Capacity Assessment (D-LCA) for Eastern Turkey is currently being finalised.  The D-LCA for has been completed and is now available on the Logistics Cluster website.

http://www.logcluster.org/ops/sahel_crisis Crisis 2012 _2012 : Coordination: July 27 2012 - Compte-rendu Meeting - • A meeting was held with the Mauritania customs administration; customs Mauritanie - 25 juillet 2012 clearance procedures will be posted in the next few days on the Logistics http://www.logcluster.org/ops/sahel_crisis_201 Cluster website. 2/Logistics%20Cluster_Sahel%20Crisis_Mauritani Services: a_Meeting%20Minutes_25072012_French.pdf/vi • As of July 25, UNHAS has resumed its flights between Néma and ew Bassiknou, and transported 424 passengers between 01 to 26 July. Infrastructure and Assessments: July 20 2012 - Compte-rendu Meeting - - 19 • The Mauritania Logistics Capacity Assessment (LCA) is currently being juillet 2012 updated. The Logistics Cluster is also updating the Port Assessment. http://www.logcluster.org/ops/sahel_crisis_201 • All the road between Nouakchott/Ayoun and Ayoun/Gogui (up to the 2/Cluster%20Logistique_Mali_Compte- Malian border) is paved and in a good condition, expect the part between rendu%20reunion_120719.docx/view and road (112 km) which is currently under construction. MALI: Situation: • The total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) within Mali is estimated at 155,042. The number of Malian refugees registered in , Mauritania and is now at 202,684 individuals. • No significant evolution of the cholera outbreak. • The security situation remains tense. • Access to the North is still limited, but NGOs are able to cover the needs and plan to have a greater presence as they plan to open new offices in Mopti. • The priority for the Logistics Cluster is now to clarify the customs procedures for NGOs and the resources within the system. NGOs in Niger anticipate a radicalisation of the customs procedures and stated that they prefer to keep as their main hub. • A full briefing on programme, means of operations and present constraints was given to OXFAM, Save The Children, UNICEF, MDM and Solidarités Internationales. Services: • UNHAS reservations will be charged 100 USD per person in Mali, and 200 www.logcluster.org Page 1 of 4

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USD per person outside Mali. • Eight Mobile Storage Units (MSUs) have been custom cleared and now in stock. • A technician will be in Bamako on the 27 July to train the assembling of MSUs. • The Emergency Coordinator is to provide a list of needs for MSU

deployments. http://www.logcluster.org/ops/som11a Situation:  UNHCR has reported that approximately 8,100 persons have been displaced in Somalia during the month of July; primarily as a result of insecurity and lack of livelihood. • UNICEF has reported that approximately 8 million people across Somalia, and are still in need of humanitarian assistance; with children in particular threatened by poverty, insecurity, malnutrition, and disease. Ports Situation: • Dar Es Salaam – The port remains congested: 7 vessels at berth, 9 vessels at anchorage, 10 vessels are expected to arrive in the coming days. Rehabilitation works on one of the container berths are on-going. Humanitarian vessels and car-carriers continue to be given berthing priority. The weather has been unpredictable for most of the previous week. • Mombasa – The port is not congested: berthing at the general convention and container terminals are immediate. The weather is reported as unpredictable. • – Normal port operations have been suspended for the weekend prayer break until tomorrow. Some delays in port operations have been experienced throughout the week due to adverse weather conditions and strong winds. The WFP Chartered vessel carrying the last cargo for the free-to-user Logistics Cluster shipping service, for discharge in Berbera and Bossaso, is currently off-loading in Mogadishu port. Humanitarian vessels continue to receive priority berthing. The weather is reported as poor. • Bossaso – Heavy traffic is expected in the coming weeks at livestock export increases. Berthing priority is based on first come first serve basis, though livestock and cement cargo vessels are given priority. • Berbera – Adverse weather conditions and high seas have been reported throughout the week, delaying berthing of vessels at anchorage. Berthing priority continues to be given to containerised and humanitarian cargo. Strong winds have been reported. • – The port is congested, and has been experiencing congestion for most of the week: 3 additional vessels are expected to arrive at the port in the coming days. Coordination: • The next Logistics Cluster Coordination meeting is scheduled for 03 August 2012. • A meeting of the Somalia Inter-Cluster working group was held on 25 July 2012 in . Representatives from the Education, Food Security, Health, Logistics, Protection, Shelter, Nutrition, and WASH Clusters were in attendance. Services: • The trial period for the UNHAS service connecting and Puntland with Mogadishu will come to an end on 31 July 2012. An www.logcluster.org Page 2 of 4

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evaluation will take place after the end of this initial two month trial period to determine the continuity of this schedule. • The first voyage to carry inter-agency cargo under the Bilateral Cost- Recovery shipping service offered by WFP is underway, with the vessel currently discharging NFI cargo in Mogadishu. The vessel will continue on to Berbera and Bossaso. For further information concerning this service please contact the WFP Somalia Shipping Officer at: [email protected] • Five Mobile Storage Units (MSUs) remain available in Mogadishu to organisations for use in Somalia on a lease basis, free of charge. The organisations leasing the MSUs will be responsible for transporting the MSUs to their final destinations, and installing and managing the units themselves. Interested organisations should contact the Logistics Cluster directly. http://www.logcluster.org/ops/sudan South Situation: July 26 2012 - Meeting Minutes - - 24 July  The security situation in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State remains tense and 2012 unpredictable. http://www.logcluster.org/ops/ssd11a/Logistics • Humanitarian organisations continue to focus on assisting some 162,000 %20Cluster_South%20Sudan_JUBA%20Meeting Sudanese refugees in Upper Nile and Unity States. %20Minutes_120724.pdf/view • Rains continue to impede critical access to humanitarian emergency sites in Unity, Upper Nile and Western Bahr el Ghazal States. July 20 2012 - Access Constraints as Coordination: of 20 July 2012 • The Logistics Cluster continues to provide feedback to organisations http://www.logcluster.org/ops/ssd11a/south- operating in the two emergency sites in Upper Nile and Unity States sudan-access-constraints during the weekly refugee status meetings. • Two Logistics Cluster Officers were deployed in Unity and Upper Nile States to facilitate coordination, opening of supply routes, conduct assessments, and manage warehousing/repairs. • The cargo transit site in Melut became operational this week and the first boat shipment from Juba has departed. The Logistics Cluster common storage facility will be erected shortly and will be used for short-term

storage only until onward movements to Maban County are consolidated. • The Logistics Cluster bi-weekly meeting was held in Juba. Organisations were informed of the critical access constraints and numerous reports of deteriorating airstrip conditions in Yida. • During last week’s UNHAS meeting, they announced that several airstrips are lacking dedicated and trained focal points. The Logistics Cluster has

been informing organisations of the potential suspension of UNHAS flights if focal points are not identified and is working with partners in Yida to assist UNHAS with identifying a potential focal point. • A Logistics Cluster Officer in Yida has been tasked with compiling agency charter flight information and timings and is coordinating with organisations to ensure airstrip congestion and additional flight accidents are avoided. • The Logistics Cluster participated in the CHF Emergency Funding review supporting OCHA in determining projects and funding priorities for the refugee response in Unity and Upper Nile States. Services: • The Logistics Cluster Mi8 helicopters completed 10 rotations of emergency supplies into Unity, Upper Nile and Jonglei States during the reporting period. • The Logistics Cluster moved VSAT equipment for the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) which has been installed for inter- www.logcluster.org Page 3 of 4

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agency use in Yida. Organisations are now able to communicate from the refugee response area to their headquarters, providing additional coordination. • Humanitarian organisations continue to request movements of critical emergency supplies to Upper Nile and Unity states. They have completed 77% and 80% of the 40 hour/month budgeted amount to date, respectively. The Logistics Cluster anticipated full utilisation of the 40 hours/helicopter by the end of the month. • One fuel boat is departed last week carrying fuel for DRC, IMC, MSF-H, and Solidarites for Malakal-Melut. Another fuel boat is scheduled to depart on Friday. • The port at Melut is functional as a transit site for cargo Juba-Malakal- Melut-Maban, however awaits the erection of the Logistics Cluster common store. • The Common Service Transport (CTS) truck operation is on-going and is fully funded through the end of the year at the current capacity. Despite the limitations of road movements during the rainy season, the trucks will be used wherever possible and support other CTS movements. CTS trucks include: four in Juba, three in Maban (for Upper Nile response), one in Malakal, one in Bentiu, and one in Wau. • A Logistics Cluster Officer is currently deployed in Unity State and is assessing sites for erection of a common store to accommodate agencies needs for responding to Yida. Also, the Officer is conducting site repairs of the Bentiu common warehouse in coordination with WFP. • The GIS Officer was deployed to Yida, Unity State and conducted an airstrip assessment as well as mapped out Yida camp GIS base layers for camp mapping. http://www.logcluster.org/ops/yem10a Situation:  The security situation remains tense; following tribes clash took place in Sana'a.  A power station in Sana’a was attacked again causing electricity outages in several neighbourhoods in Sana’a. Services:  The Logistics Cluster received the new fuel consignment from Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC) - 5,000 litres Diesel & 2,510 litres of Petrol - in Aden for distribution to the humanitarian community.  During the reporting period, the Logistics Cluster distributed the quantity of 6,668 litres of fuel in Sana'a.  The Logistic Cluster is following up with organisations for the coming week’s WFP Flight Schedule to Sa'adah and Hodeidah. DRC http://www.logcluster.org/ops/drc July 25 2012 - Carte d'accessibilité au chef lieu de territoire - 20 Juillet http://www.logcluster.org/ops/drc/carte-daccessibilite-au-chef-lieu-de-territoire

Haiti http://www.logcluster.org/ops/hti10a July 20 2012 - Meeting Minutes - Port-au-Prince - 03 juillet 2012 http://www.logcluster.org/ops/hti10a/Logistics%20Cluster_Haiti_Meeting_Minutes_PaP_120703.pdf/view

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