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World Vision, Agility and Advance Aid are delighted to announce a three-way partnership that will enable African-produced emergency relief goods to be provided to assist in African emergencies- a first of its kind.

This partnership will begin to reverse a trend whereby all emergency relief goods have been sent to Africa from the Far East, sometimes even from Europe and North America.  The 5,000 Emergency Kits that Advance Aid is supplying to World Vision today are 100% locally-purchased and more than 80% African-manufactured.  The partners believe that this is the first time that a largely African kit has been supplied for use in African emergencies.

Advance Aid has worked with a number of Kenyan manufacturers to source the goods for the Emergency Kits.  Each Kit provides the basics that help a family of five to survive once they have lost everything in a natural or man-made disaster and contains plastic sheeting, blankets, a mosquito net, a kitchen set, two buckets and a hygiene kit.

Logistics and warehousing services are being provided for the initiative by Agility, a leading global logistics provider, through its warehouses in Nairobi and Mombasa.  Agility will also be working with World Vision Kenya to distribute the emergency kits – in 40-foot containers provided by Advance Aid – to World Vision offices across the country where they will be stored to be ready for use in the event of emergencies striking.

“We are delighted to be able to work with World Vision and Agility on this initiative,” says David Dickie, Chief Executive of Advance Aid.  “They have both shown great vision in backing this idea and helping it come to life.  We are also grateful to the local manufacturers who have helped us make this possible and have seen both the value of the initiative for Africa and the opportunity that it presents to them to get back into a market that has largely moved to South East Asia.  Africans should be getting the full development benefit of the huge sums of money that are spent here on emergencies.  This development benefit should be bringing jobs and wealth to Africa, not just imports.”

Nicholas Wasunna, Senior Advisor, World Vision Kenya adds, “As the frequency of emergencies increases, there is an urgent need to ensure that life saving humanitarian assistance is able to reach the most affected populations as soon as possible so as to uphold the humanitarian imperative of saving lives.  World Vision  is committed to remaining responsive to emergency needs and through this exciting partnership with Advance Aid and Agility we have together developed a solution that best addresses the immediate needs of vulnerable children and communities across Kenya”.

"Agility is pleased to partner with Advance Aid and World Vision in this new model of relief aid procurement and distribution,” says Dev Bij, Agility’s CEO of East Africa. “The partnership fits in well with Agility’s vision of corporate social responsibility and our commitment to contribute to positive change in the East African countries that we work in. Partnering in a project of this nature that largely depends on an effective supply chain solution is synonymous to our business and we are delighted to contribute our skills, knowledge, resources and local expertise. Building on local capacity and the high level of local content in this relief aid model coupled with the benefits of pre-positioning are also key factors attributed to Agility’s participation in this project."

DHL recently opened its €5.5 million (AED 29,002,574.99) DHL Express gateway in Casablanca, Morocco. Located at Mohammed V international airport, the 6,800 sq metre gateway is DHL’s first facility of such scale in the country.  Equipped with a cold chain facility and a dedicated strategic parts center, the DHL Express Casablanca gateway is set to provide greater connections between Morocco and Europe, through a daily overnight flight to and from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

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In a direct response to the growing needs of its customers, DP World, UAE Region announced that it has commenced upgrading Al Hamriya Port in Dubai.

Work has already started on the first phase of modernising the small and busy general cargo facility that has served the regional sea trade for generations. Al Hamriya plays a key role in facilitating non-containerised cargo movements between Dubai and countries in the Gulf, South Asia and East Africa. It also serves the local fishing industry.

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TNT Express celebrated a prosperous 30 years of reliable services in Sri Lanka.

TNT Express is represented in Sri Lanka by Ace International Express (Pvt) Ltd, the Express delivery arm of the prestigious Aitken Spence Group.

Over the past three decades, TNT Express in Sri Lanka witnessed many positive changes and developmental milestones that have put the company at the forefront of delivering service excellence.

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The United Arab Emirates Air Force recently received its first C-17 Globemaster III, powered exclusively by four Pratt & Whitney F117 engines. The UAE Air Force is slated to receive a total of six C-17s by 2012. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp.

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Qatar Petroleum and Shell today announced that the Pearl gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, located in Ras Laffan Industrial City in the State of Qatar, has sold its first commercial shipment of GTL Gasoil.

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Agility and Schmidt Heilbronn, a European dry bulk chemicals logistics provider, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) formalising a long-term collaboration. 

Schmidt Heilbronn and Agility have been cooperating since 2008 and the MoU marks a further step in their partnership. Schmidt offers specialised expertise in bulk polymer logistics and has worked closely with Agility on the Shanghai Logistics Hub project. With 66,000 square metres, the hub is one of the biggest facilities of its kind in China and can receive and distribute up to 600,000 tons of polyolefins annually.

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DHL Express has upgraded its fleet in Oman with an investment in 19 new trucks, which will facilitate timely and cost-effective deliveries across Oman. The value of the investment is estimated at USD 455,000 (OMR 175,000), and is part of the company’s continued commitment towards meeting its customers growing logistics needs.

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Dubai Trade and the National Association of Freight and Logistics (NAFL) discussed plans for an alliance that would further the growth of the freight forwarding and logistics industry in the UAE.

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DP World, UAE Region and Dubai Airports commended the successful establishment of direct and seamless cargo movements between Jebel Ali Port and Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International, saying it is a great business decision that will continue to contribute to the success of Dubai.

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