DHL provides logistical support to Pak quake victims

DHL employees in Pakistan and around the world have leveraged their expertise in the management of complex logistics and transportation processes to help deliver aid and relief supplies to the earthquake survivors.

To date, DHL Pakistan employees, along with volunteers from DHL Bahrain and the Corporate Head Office, are actively involved with the Dubai-based Airport Emergency Team (AET), an initiative of the World Economic Forum's Disaster Response Network.

The AET, which also includes Emirates, Aramex, Dnata and other companies as members, provides logistical services on a voluntary basis for relief goods that arrive by air. The AET had previously assisted in the same capacity during the tsunami relief operations in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The AET that has been deployed to the Chaklala Air Base in Islamabad is working closely with the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Air Force to receive all inbound relief cargo flights. Aside from securing the necessary government clearances and equipment, the AET is also responsible for the overall warehouse logistics management for incoming relief supplies, including the sorting and loading of the relief goods on to trucks for their distribution to people affected by the earthquake.

To date, the team has handled aid supplies from over 110 international relief flight, managing over 4,500 tonnes of relief aid in the process.

DHL Pakistan is providing the local government with rented trucks to assist in the transportation and distribution of relief supplies to affected areas.

DHL has also developed an innovative solution to getting aid to victims in remote and inaccessible towns and villages in Pakistan, by reusing old bags to pack 500 relief packages a day for dropping out of helicopters.