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Coast Guard Rescues, Repatriates 125 Haitian Migrants

By On January 5, 2012

MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance repatriated 125 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, Thursday. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircrew located a sail freighter north of [...]

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Crowley matches employee donations, raises $80,000 for American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund

By On May 6, 2010

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; May 6, 2010) Crowley Maritime Corporation and its employees this week donated $80,000 to the American Red Cross in support of Haiti relief efforts. Bill Pennella, Crowley vice [...]

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Hospital ship USNS Comfort sailing home from Haiti

By On March 10, 2010

By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY The U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort pulled up anchor Tuesday in Port-au-Prince and began the long trip home to Baltimore, ending its role in Operation [...]

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Crowley lands Haiti shipping contract

By On March 9, 2010

Jacksonville Business Journal – by Mark Szakonyi Staff reporter Crowley Liner Services Inc. has received a contract worth up to $22 million from the U.S. military to provide emergency port [...]

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As Food Distribution Improves, Haitians Want U.S. to “Take Over”

By On February 2, 2010

Haitians line up for food in downtown Port-au-Prince. They had to disperse after people in the front of the line broke through and grabbed all the food being distributed. Photo: [...]

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Prepositioned For Disaster – Lessons From Military Sealift Command

By On January 30, 2010

From hurricanes to tsunami’s earthquakes, today’s levels of population growth coupled with global climate change is putting an increasing number of people at risk. What is not changing rapidly is [...]

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Repairing Port-au-Prince Harbor with Laptops and GPS

By On January 27, 2010

from Wired: On the ground in Haiti, search-and-rescue teams and aid workers have used collaborative tools, text messaging and GPS technology to map out and coordinate relief efforts. Out in [...]

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More Photos from Haiti

By On January 27, 2010

from CargoLaw.com Leogane, Haiti – A landing craft unit from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) embarked aboard Amphibious Dock Landing Ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) See The Cargo [...]

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Haiti-bound cargo ship at Fort Pierce being loaded with construction equipment, supplies

By On January 26, 2010

January 25, 2010 / TCPalm.com The second phase of earthquake relief for Haiti is under way as 200 tons of heavy equipment and building materials are being loaded onto a [...]

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Second High-Speed Super-Ferry Activated to Assist in Earthquake Aftermath

By On January 26, 2010

Alakai will join its sister ship — the Huakai — in Haiti January 25, 2010 / New Albany Tribune A New Albany company continued its relief service in Haiti last [...]

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Haiti: Crowley Cargo Lightering Operation Successful

By On January 23, 2010

Clears way for container shipments directly to the damaged port next week. Barges and cranes being mobilized for temporary docking and cargo ops in the port.   JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Jan. [...]

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USNS Comfort Operating at Full Capacity for First Time in History

By On January 23, 2010

Army and Navy forces began flying Haitian earthquake victims to the USNS Comfort hospital ship Thursday in what military officials described as the largest medical evacuation in the storied ship’s [...]

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