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WSS moves dates from Saudi Arabia for UN's World Food Programme
WILHELMSEN Ships Service (WSS) has handled shipments of 4,000 tonnes of dates for the UN's World Food Programme from Dammam in Saudi Arabia to supplement the diets of vulnerable people across Africa and the Middle East.
The Dammam office of WSS has operated alongside WFP for the past decade, as detailed by WSS Dammam's assistant logistics operations manager Mohammed Noor.
"WFP rely on us here in Saudi Arabia," he said. "We have a long relationship with them, providing full maritime logistics services and ensuring their shipments are handled quickly, professionally and securely."
The shipments were handled across a 45-day period, with 320 containers being loaded and shipped by the WSS team, which provided a one stop shop solution - everything from pre-arrival planning through to departure.
Alongside date cargo, WSS acts as an agent for many of WFP's grain shipments and provides support from a network of offices that include Oslo, which is overall account responsible, Genoa, and in many of the areas where the humanitarian aid is needed, such as Yemen, Pakistan and African countries.
More than half of WFP's 3.1 million tonnes of annual delivered food aid is transported to its final destination by sea. The organisation, which helps 80 million people every year - chiefly in areas mired in political unrest and famine - uses dates as a vital dietary supplement.
The Dammam office of WSS has operated alongside WFP for the past decade, as detailed by WSS Dammam's assistant logistics operations manager Mohammed Noor.
"WFP rely on us here in Saudi Arabia," he said. "We have a long relationship with them, providing full maritime logistics services and ensuring their shipments are handled quickly, professionally and securely."
The shipments were handled across a 45-day period, with 320 containers being loaded and shipped by the WSS team, which provided a one stop shop solution - everything from pre-arrival planning through to departure.
Alongside date cargo, WSS acts as an agent for many of WFP's grain shipments and provides support from a network of offices that include Oslo, which is overall account responsible, Genoa, and in many of the areas where the humanitarian aid is needed, such as Yemen, Pakistan and African countries.
More than half of WFP's 3.1 million tonnes of annual delivered food aid is transported to its final destination by sea. The organisation, which helps 80 million people every year - chiefly in areas mired in political unrest and famine - uses dates as a vital dietary supplement.
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