Jacaylbaro Posted May 17, 2009 A freighter carrying humanitarian relief supplies of food provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) bound for Ethiopia has docked in the Somaliland port of Berbera on Friday. The vessel was escorted by NATO ships to the port even though Somaliland has so far managed to keep it’s waters free of Somali pirates from Somalia. MV-Fidel was carrying 23, 900 metric tons of wheat and will be loaded to convoy of trucks and lorries that will carry it across the border into Ethiopia. The food aid is destined for the needy Ethiopians in the Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somali, SNNP and Tigray regions and Dire Dawa Administrative Council. Ali Omar, the manager of Berbera port told local reporters that it will take them two weeks to deliver the food to Ethiopia and it will be managed by four Somaliland companies. The shipment is the first installment of 200,000 metric tons in promised aid that will be distributed by the WFP and all of which will be delivered through the port of Berbera. In recent months, landlocked Ethiopia has been using Somaliland port of Berbera due to heavy congestion at Djibouti Port and due to piracy threatening shipping route through Kenya and Somalia’s coast. The aid is response to recent plea by the United Nation to donors to boost aid for the Horn of Africa and Ethiopian government’s January appeal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poker Posted May 17, 2009 Waaryaa, I have this ZY 24 tons truck sitting in a garage in Hargeisa. Can I get peace of that loading to Ethiopia with Somaliland and Djibouti plates or do I need to get insured in Ethiopia as well? Can you please find that out for me. These catz in Hargeisa were playing games with me so I grounded it recently. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted May 18, 2009 You need to be part of the company that is unloading this stuff ,,, you will have permission to cross to Ethiopia. Otherwise, you need to register your car in Ethiopia so that you can work in both countries. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poker Posted May 18, 2009 What company is that? Is it owned by Somaliland or Ethiopia? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted May 18, 2009 Of course Somaliland. There was a bid among many companies and i think they selected two or three ,,not sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poker Posted May 18, 2009 Thanks couz. I will call them 2night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
