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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
A crane lifts material onto a cargo vessel expected to take aid to Gaza from Cyprus, at the port of Larnaca, Cyprus May 8, 2024. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
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Ship Loaded With Gaza Aid Awaits U.S. Pier Construction

NICOSIA, May 8 (Reuters) – Aid for Gaza was being loaded onto a ship in Cyprus on Wednesday in what was expected to be the first cargo to be

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Monday, May 6, 2024
U.S. Army soldiers and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the roll-on, roll-off pier off the coast of Gaza, April 26, 2024. U.S. Army photo
Defense

U.S. Military Continues with Gaza Pier Construction

Despite relocating due to weather conditions, the U.S. Department of Defense is moving forward with plans to build a temporary pier for humanitarian aid

May 6, 2024
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Friday, May 3, 2024
U.S. Army soldiers and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the roll-on, roll-off pier off the coast of Gaza, April 26, 2024. U.S. Army photo
Defense

Construction of U.S. Military Pier for Gaza Changes Location Due to Weather

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Friday it was temporarily pausing the offshore construction of a maritime pier because of

May 3, 2024
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Monday, April 29, 2024
The Bob Hope-class MV Roy P. Benavidez (T-AKR 306), a large, medium speed roll-on, roll-off ship, departed its pier in Newport News, Virginia, March 21, 2024. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy
News

US Military’s Pier in Gaza to Cost $320 Million

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s cost estimate to build a pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid has risen to $320

April 29, 2024
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Saturday, April 27, 2024
Aid ship returns to Cyprus after NGO workers killed. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
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Gaza Aid From Cyprus Resumes After Pause Following Aid Worker Killings

NICOSIA, April 27 (Reuters) – Aid shipments to Gaza from Cyprus resumed late on Friday, a Cypriot source and a UAE official said, with a ship

April 27, 2024
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
The Bob Hope-class MV Roy P. Benavidez (T-AKR 306), a large, medium speed roll-on, roll-off ship, departed its pier in Newport News, Virginia, March 21, 2024. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy
Defense

U.S. Military Begins Gaza Pier Construction

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has started constructing a maritime pier that will allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, the Pentagon

April 25, 2024
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The Open Arms, a rescue vessel owned by a Spanish NGO arrives at the port of Larnaca after pausing the mission of delivering humanitarian aid for Gaza, following the killing of seven aid workers in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, in Larnaca, Cyprus, April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
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Gaza Aid Ships Return to Cyprus After NGO Worker Deaths

LARNACA, Cyprus April 3 (Reuters) – A sea convoy of undelivered food for Gaza returned to Cyprus on Wednesday after the killing of aid workers

April 3, 2024
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Saturday, March 30, 2024
Photo of gaza food relief ship
News

Second Gaza Relief Aid Ship Leaves Port

By Yiannis Kourtoglou (Reuters) – Ships carrying 332 tons of food for Gaza left Cyprus’s Larnaca port on Saturday in a convoy

March 30, 2024
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Monday, March 25, 2024
US Navy photo of Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) barge
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UN Secretary-General Dismisses Gaza Pier Plan

By Nafisa Eltahir (Reuters) – The only effective and efficient way to deliver heavy goods to meet Gaza’s humanitarian needs is by road and

March 25, 2024
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Thursday, March 21, 2024
The Bob Hope-class MV Roy P. Benavidez (T-AKR 306), a large, medium speed roll-on, roll-off ship, departed its pier in Newport News, Virginia, March 21, 2024. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy
Defense

‘MV Roy P. Benavidez’ Sets Sail on Gaza Pier Mission

The U.S. Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Ready Reserve Fleet vessel, MV Roy P. Benavidez, set sail on Wednesday on a mission to construct a temporary pier

March 21, 2024
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
A police officer uses a sniffer dog to inspect the cargo ship loaded with humanitarian aid for Gaza in the port of Larnaca. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
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Second Aid Shipment For Gaza Ready To Sail From Cyprus

LARNACA, Cyprus March 16 (Reuters) – A second cargo of food aid was ready to depart by sea from Cyprus to Gaza on Saturday, the island’s

March 16, 2024
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
U.S. Army Vessels (USAV SP4 James A. Loux (LSV-6), USAV Monterrey (LCU30), USAV Matamoros (LCU26), and USAV Wilson Warf (LCU11) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis, March 12, 2024. Photo courtesy U.S. Central Command
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Army JLOTS Unit Sets Sail on Gaza Pier Mission

The Pentagon is providing new details on U.S. military efforts to build a temporary pier in Gaza to supply civilians with aid supplies as the first of several

March 13, 2024
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Saturday, March 9, 2024
U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1).Photo courtesy U.S. Central Command
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US Dispatches Ship To Gaza After Biden Vows To Build Pier

CAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Army has dispatched a ship to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday, days after

March 9, 2024
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Humanitarian aid for Gaza is loaded onto platform in Larnaca. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Shipping

Food Aid Loaded On Barge In Cyprus Headed For Gaza

By Yiannis Kourtoglou and Stamos Prousalis LARNACA, Cyprus, March 9 (Reuters) – Charity workers loaded relief supplies bound for Gaza on to a barge in

March 9, 2024
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Friday, March 8, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Midshipmen walk along the Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore (JLOTS) Admin Pier, an 800-foot long, small-craft pier, created by attaching non-powered Navy lighterage causeway sections together. U.S. Navy photo taken on July 15, 2008.
Defense

U.S. Says Building Gaza Pier ‘Likely’ to Take Up to 60 Days

By Phil Stewart and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) – A temporary port system that the U.S. is seeking to build to speed

March 8, 2024
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