SHIP CARRYING 107 TONS OF RELIEF GOODS SAFELY DOCKED AT TACLOBAN PORT

Today November 15, at exactly 9:20 AM, Kapitan Felix Oca (KFO ) a ship chartered by the Norwegian Maritime Training Center, loaded with 150 tons of relief goods safely docked at the port of Tacloban.  

NSA Cadets are utilized for the Tacloban relief operations spearheaded by the Norwegian Training Center-Manila

 

On November 11, the Norwegian Maritime Training Center spearheaded the relief operations for Tacloban. With its initial donation of 1M pesos for  relief  goods plus contributions  from  more than 50 companies/individuals like Philippine Norwegian  Business Council, Royal Norwegian Embassy, members of the Norwegian Shipowners Association, and other non-government organizations, business owners, relief from government; DOE, DOT and DSWD, the ship is full with 11,450 boxes of various relief items; 20 tons of rice, 40 tons or 3,306 cases of bottled water , 32 tons or  2,719 family packs, 15 tons of noodles, canned goods, toiletries, assorted goods, clothes and medicines.  Underway the cadets onboard have packed additional family packages and now there are around 10,000 - 12,000 family packs ready for distribution onboard.



NTC-M, volunteers and cadets loading tons of relief goods to KFO

 

Relief operations were initiated Sunday evening and the vessel sailed Wednesday morning. The relief goods were  sent to Norwegian Training Center Manila; which served as drop off point for donations. Time is essential thus 24-hour continuous loading to KFO has helped a lot to meet the departure schedule.

 



NSA Cadets and other volunteers in 24-hour loading operations

The spirit of volunteerism is alive!

The operation would not be possible without the donors, cadets from the Norwegian Shipowners Association (NSA) , AMOSUP as owner of the vessel, the vessel's crew, the organization “Making Change” and lastly the valuable help from Congressman Jesulito Manalo (ANGKLA) with his direct link and very good cooperation with DOTC & DILG.

 

Power nap; one volunteer is getting ready for the next round of action in Tacloban port.

 

This was a well-coordinated operation with all relevant government agencies – from top to bottom and we are glad we could help in these tragic circumstances.

 

Erik Freberg Blom

Managing Director

Norwegian Training Center Manila.

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