Yemen – Humanitarian Imports Overview, May 2018

WFP food imports in mt

The chart represents WFP food imports for its programmes in Yemen, and it includes food commodities imported through commercial vessels as well as chartered vessels for humanitarian cargo.

Sea cargo transport in m3

facilitated by the Logistics Cluster The Logistics Cluster facilitates the cargo transport via sea on board the WFP-chartered vessels VOS Apollo and VOS Theia.

VOS Apollo operates a weekly rotation between Djibouti and Aden, whereas VOS Theia travels on average three times a month between Djibouti and Hodeidah. Both vessels can carry both cargo and passengers, and can be used as staff evacuation means.

In May, VOS Apollo transported 17 mt/66 m3 of cargo from Djibouti to Aden on behalf of WFP, IMC and WHO; VOS Theia transported 134 mt/664 m3 of relief items from Djibouti to Hodeidah on behalf of UNICEF, WHO and WFP.