U.S. Brings in More Materials for Ebola Fight
Sun, 10/26/2014 - 23:12 admin
By:
Joaquin Sendolo Diplomatic Correspondent
The U.S. Ebola response military, under the Operation United Assistance, has begun offloading containers of Ebola fighting materials and food from a contracted vessel, the VEGA, at the port of Buchanan in Grand Bassa County.
VEGA brought in 57 twenty-foot equivalents of Force Provider Equipment, 16 forty-foot flat racks of Rough Terrain Container Handler, 68 containers of foodstuffs, three containers of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and 30 twenty-foot equivalents of fuel tanks.
The vessel also brought in 455 containers of building materials for ETUs and 4 containers of mixed supplies which, when put into perspective, would take over 300 C-17 Cargo Transport aircraft to deliver the same amount of cargo aboard VEGA.
According to Lt. Col. Sydney Harris, commander for the Transportation Unit, the offloading, which began October 25, is expected to take about five days to complete, and afterward two other vessels larger than the VEGA will be arriving with more supplies...
