MSC Group and MSC Foundation have organized an urgent response for earthquake relief initiatives in Turkey and Syria.
MSC Aurelia has been dispatched to the port of Iskenderun with 60 pallets of basic necessities, food and beverages. The ship departed on 16 February from the Port of Naples.
Following this, the ship will be docked in Turkey to provide accommodation for those affected by the earthquake.
MSC is also arranging for the provision of thousands of empty containers for the provinces that have been hit the hardest by the earthquake to accommodate families who have been displaced.
The company said in an official statement that a wide effort is underway across the MSC family. The company is closely coordinating with the Turkish authorities, the Italian Foreign Ministry and the Vatican.
MSC Aurelia, with a cargo capacity of 40 trucks and 400+ cars, loaded basic necessities and first aid items collected by the MSC Group and the MSC Foundation, together with the Rava Foundation.
The cargo onboard includes 60 pallets of medical supplies, food, hygiene items, warm clothing and blankets, as well as toys and crayons for children.
An additional 50 boxes of thermal shirts are being carried on behalf of the Vatican.
MSC Group also expressed gratitude to the EcoEridania Group for participating in the initiative with an in-kind donation and for assisting with logistics for the relief shipment.
Once it reaches its destination, the MSC Aurelia will be available as emergency accommodation, providing the impacted communities with over 1,000 beds and leisure spaces including a restaurant and cinema, as well as video-game entertainment for children.
Thanks to the collaboration between the MSC Foundation and the UN Refugee Agency, a further 100 containers carrying first aid supplies (including blankets, mattresses, sleeping bags, kitchen sets, jerry cans and lamps) are departing from Jordan via Haifa, the headquarters of the UN Refugee Agency’s warehouses.
Furthermore, MSC Türkiye has set up temporary accommodation at Iskenderun port using empty containers for 300 MSC Group employees and their families.
MSC Türkiye is also arranging for the distribution of food, beverages and items to meet basic needs.
In the same way, the MSC Group, in cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs, is carrying and providing thousands of empty containers to four of Türkiye’s hardest-hit provinces: Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş.
The containers will provide temporary shelter for the earthquake survivors.
Offers of support with MSC’s relief effort should be directed to the MSC Foundation at:
secretariat@mscfoundation.org.
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