"Ocean Star freight forwarder remains primed to facilitate and further raise humanitarian aid and assistance knowledge in this important period of desperate necessity. We've been actively in shipping commercially to Port Au Prince, Haiti for years. It is our civil need to help the people of the haiti earthquake in the greatest method we know how. Our staff is prepared and coordinating with government groups to select drop off points in Miami-Dade County and Fort Lauderdale. We're associating with the Catholic Church and various charitable groups on the scene in Port Au Prince, Haiti for destination centers there", states Christopher Norwood, VP of Caribbean Department.. "In on top of to the four shipping containers we have donated, we are looking for additional donors."
OSI freight forwarder will have two drop off points and is asking for donations of canned food, bottled water, blankets, clothing, and hospital supplies.
Fort Lauderdale
OSI office
10880 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, FL 33076|
954.753.4533
weekdays - 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 Catholic Charities was formally created in Miami and is currently the biggest non-governmental provider of services and aid to the needy in South Florida with over 600 staff members. www.catholiccharitiesadm.org
The ports in Port Au Prince finally re-open. The world can once again return to shipping containers of relief and construction supplies directly into Port Au Prince, Haiti. Many organizations have been collecting donations and can now ship the full container loads to survivors via ocean freight shipping. Until now, most of the humanitarian relief has been arriving through air freight.
