U.S., Aug. 26 -- The logistics giants, FedEx, supported the disaster relief effort through its relationship with humanitarian organisation Direct Relief. FedEx picked up US$11mn worth of medicines, medical supplies and personal protective equipment from Direct Relief headquarters in Santa Barbara, California, and transported it to Memphis.
On 22 August, team members loaded those supplies onto a FedEx Express Boeing 777 at the FedEx World Hub. The flight landed on the following day in Luxembourg, where FedEx worked with Cargolux, who also donated its services, to transport the supplies to Beirut.
"FedEx has catalyzed and made possible a huge boost of urgently needed assistance to people in Beirut by providing its world-class team, logistic...