OCHA Situation Report
South Asia: Earthquake
Logistics Bottlenecks as of 28 December 2005
28 December 2005


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Current issues:
Cargo Space on NATO flights

NATO ceases operations in Pakistan on February 1st. The withdrawal 
period will necessitate large numbers of airplanes coming from Europe to 
ship back equipment and personnel. It should be noted that these planes 
will be flying in empty and leaving Pakistan full, leaving an open 
opportunity for agencies to request them to be used to bring in relief 
and reconstruction supplies. (UNJLC Islamabad, 28.12.05)

Developments:

NATO Assets

The fuel farm in Abbottabad provided by the French is expected to stay 
in country on a bilateral agreement. As reported earlier, two German 
helicopters will be available on a bilateral agreement past the 1st of 
February. (OCHA, 27.12.05)

Pipeline

ICRC is expecting 15,000 tents to arrive before the 1st of January. They 
will be distributed by road. (Logistics Cluster meeting, 26.12.05)

Helicopter Capacity

The overall utilisation of UNHAS-tasked assets is 80 to 90%. This number 
takes into consideration that passenger flights do not use the full 
loading capacity of the helicopters. (Logistics Cluster meeting, 
26.12.05) This indicates that enough cargo capacity is available. 
Furthermore, with the use of sling nets and U.S. Military helicopter 
operations expected to stay stable for at least another month, no 
capacity problems are anticipated for now. (UNJLC Islamabad 28.12.05)

Surface Transport

IOM and Atlas indicate that currently enough truck capacity is 
available. (UNJLC Islamabad, 28.12.05)

Neelum Valley

The Government of Pakistan and the Pakistani Military will try to keep 
important roads open where possible. It might be possible to keep roads 
leading to the Neelum Valley open throughout the winter. (OCHA, 
27.12.05; UNJLC, 28.12.05)

This Logistics Bottlenecks report is a joint product of UNJLC and OCHA. 
For queries or comments please contact Ingrid van Beuzekom 
vanbeuzekom@un.org. Sources used are: contact with UNJLC staff, 
ReliefWeb, minutes from cluster meetings and sitreps, Pakistan 
Meteorological Department, press briefings.


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