MV Roy Benavidez, part of the U.S. Ready Reserve Fleet, left port Thursday to provide devices to the U.S. Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade to construct a momentary pier that will be utilized to relocation humanitarian help into Gaza. U.S. Navy picture by Ryan Carter/DVIDS
March 21 (UPI) — An American ship left Virginia Thursday to assistance buildingandconstruction of a short-term pier to assistance the circulation of humanitarian help into Gaza.
The MV Roy P. Benavidez left its berth in Newport News, Va., Thursday crammed with heavy devices and products required for the U.S. Army-led humanitarian task. The ship will provide the elements to the Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade, which will construct the pier in the Mediterranean Sea.
Army authorities call this ability Joint Logistics-Over-the-Shore (JLOTS).
“JLOTS is a crucial ability that enables ship-to-shore freight circulation in the lack of a functional pier,” Lt. Gen. John Sullivan, deputy leader, U.S. Transportation Command stated in a declaration.
“It can be utilized to enhance an developed port or to develop a pier where one is required and enables us to assistance locations where big populations are separated from food, water and other kinds of humanitarian help.”
The Benavidez, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration’s Ready Reserve Fleet, will assistance 4 Army vessels with the 7th Transportation Brigade, which left the United States in assistance of the objective earlier this month.
Pentagon press secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder