JAMAICA:--- After successfully delivering its first load of relief supplies, HNLMS Pelikaan is once again en route to Jamaica to deliver emergency aid.
Immediately after delivering relief supplies and emergency materials to Jamaica on Tuesday, November 4th, the ship departed for Barbados that same day with a new load of supplies. Last Saturday, the ship was loaded with relief supplies and emergency materials for the second time. The Dutch navy ship will arrive in Jamaica later today, Wednesday, November 12th.
HNLMS Pelikaan again carries essential relief goods, including vehicles, emergency tents, and medical supplies. The containers on board are filled with over 150,000 cans of food and other basic necessities such as solar-powered lamps, jerrycans, and generators. During its previous delivery of relief supplies to Jamaica, the ship transported, among other items, a desalination unit for producing drinking water, 1,440 emergency rations, 1,000 shelter kits, 1,200 emergency tents, and 1,400 field beds.
HNLMS Pelikaan is equipped with a crane and a large cargo hold. This makes the logistical support ship ideally suited for the relief task. Providing assistance is one of the Defense Department's three main tasks in the Caribbean Region.
