Ocean Star International Shipping Responds To The Earthquake Disaster In Port Au Prince, Haiti By Paying All The Transportation Costs Of Four 20' Shipping Containers Full Of Humanitarian Aid From South Florida To Port Au Prince, Haiti .
"Ocean Star freight forwarder remains ready to aid and further lift humanitarian aid and relief awareness in this important day of acute shortage. We've been emphasizing in transporting commercially to Haiti for years. It is our civic charge to assist the people of the haiti earthquake in the most productive way we know how. Our staff is on call and participating with support organizations to select deposit locations in Dade County and Broward. We're partnering with the Catholic Church and various humanitarian aid groups on the scene in Port Au Prince for destination centers in Haiti", states Christopher Norwood, VP of Caribbean Department.. "In addition to the four shipping containers we have donated, we are seeking for additional donors."
OSI freight forwarder will have two drop off points and is requesting for donations of canned food, bottled water, blankets, clothing, and medical devices.
Broward County
OSI office
10880 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, FL 33076|
954.753.4533
Monday-Friday - 9am-6pm
Miami-Dade County
Notre-Dame D'Haiti Church
110 Northeast 62nd Street, Miami, FL 33138
305.751.6289
On March 8, 1931, the Associated Catholic Charities was formally established in Miami and is currently the biggest non-governmental provider of services and aid to the poor in South Florida with over 600 volunteers. www.catholiccharitiesadm.org
The ports in Port Au Prince finally re-open. The world can once again return to forwarding containers of relief and construction supplies directly into Port Au Prince. Many organizations have been collecting donations and can now ship the full containers to survivors via ocean freight. Until now, most of the humanitarian aid has been arriving through air freight.
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