NYK Transports Aid to Earthquake-Stricken Areas of Pakistan
July 26, 2006
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Koji Miyahara) and its group company Tokyo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. (TSK Line; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Kinichi Hirayama) shipped sixty-five 20-foot containers* fully loaded with aid supplies free of charge from Taiwan and Japan to ports near earthquake-stricken areas in Pakistan between October 2005 and June 2006.
The NYK Group collaborated with Japan Platform** (JPF), an international humanitarian assistance organization, to send necessary commodities, such as blankets, wheelchairs, power generators, and rice, in response to data gathered by nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) associated with JPF. Collaboration with the NPOs and NGOs allowed aid supplies to be transported effectively and swiftly from departure points to the afflicted areas.
NYK and JPF also collaborated in the NYK Group-JPF Joint Aid Supplies Transportation Project, which was established to provide aid during the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java on May 27, 2006.
Rice provided by Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, a Taiwanese NGO, was distributed to people in afflicted areas in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, through a governmental disaster organization on July 17, 2005.
A 20-foot container is 20 feet (approximately 6 meters) long, 8 feet (approximately 2.4 meters) wide, and 8 feet (approximately 2.4 meters) high.
** Japan PlatformJapan Platform is an international humanitarian assistance organization established to provide quick and effective emergency relief during natural disasters and refugee situations. The Japanese government, Japanese business community, and nongovernmental organizations are integrated equally in order to draw on the resources and unique features of each sector.
Free transportation to afflicted areas after the earthquake in Pakistan
| Departure Date from Ports in Japan and Taiwan | Aid Association | Type of Aid | Number of Contai- ners |
Name of Ship | Arrival Date at Port of Qasim in Pakistan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 10, 2005 |
JEN, a nonprofit organization | 5,000 blankets | 4.6 | ACX Mimosa |
November 30, 2005 |
| November 23, 2005 |
The Japan Asian Association and Asian Friendship Society (JAFS), an incorporated body | Power generator, writing materials, blankets, towels, winter clothes | 2 | ACX Plumeria |
December 14, 2005 |
| November 30, 2005 |
The Japan Asian Association and Asian Friendship Society (JAFS), an incorporated body | 2,000 blankets | 2 | ACX Marguerite |
December 21, 2005 |
| December 16, 2005 |
Embassy of Pakistan | Blankets, etc. | 6 | ACX Hibiscus |
January 14, 2006 |
| April 14, 2006 |
Al Mustafa, a Pakistani NGO | Wheelchairs, power generator | 1 | ACX Dahlia |
May 3, 2006 |
| May 3, 2006 |
Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, a Taiwanese NGO | Rice | 10 | ACX Magnolia |
May 21, 2006 |
| May 10, 2006 |
Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, a Taiwanese NGO | Rice | 14 | ACX Hibiscus |
May 24, 2006 |
| May 17, 2006 |
Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, a Taiwanese NGO | Rice | 13 | ACX Dahlia |
May 31, 2006 |
| May 25, 2006 |
Taiwan Root Medical Peace Corps, a Taiwanese NGO | Rice | 13 | ACX Rafflesia |
June 7, 2006 |