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thehill | US [nearly] completes building humanitarian pier off Gaza coast (07.05.24)
"As of today, the U.S. military has completed the off-shore construction of the Trident pier section, or the causeway, which is the component that will eventually be anchored to the Gaza shore," deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters.
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"Today there are still forecasted high winds and high sea swells, which are causing unsafe conditions for the JLOTS components to be moved, so the pier sections and military vessels involved in its construction are still positioned at the Port of Ashdod" in Israel, she said.
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Despite the pier not being in position, Singh said that the U.S. is loading aid onto the ship MV Sagamore, currently in Cyprus but meant to be the first vessel to transport the assistance from there to the pier.
defense.gov | DOD Continues Work on Temporary Pier for Gaza, 6 May illustrated
...Delivering the capability involves the complex choreography of logistics support and landing crafts that carry the equipment used to construct the approximately 1,800-foot causeway comprising modular sections linked together, which is known as a Trident pier....
by Cat on Tue May 7th, 2024 at 09:26:04 PM EST
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