Trucks are the workhorses of WFP Logistics, carrying much of the logistics burden along rough, dusty roads.
WFP Logistics relies on contracted transporters for most of its deliveries, but where private truckers are unavailable or inadequate, WFP-owned fleets are deployed.
The trucks used ranged from those with a capacity of 40 metric tonnes to smaller vehicles for local deliveries.
Roads and bridges
WFP Logistics experts are often called upon to repair roads and bridges, helping to break one of the biggest bottlenecks in the food aid supply line.
In times of natural or man-made disasters, such as earthquakes, droughts or civil conflict, poor roads and broken bridges are a major obstacle to the safe delivery of food aid. They slow down the relief operation and increase its cost.
Where necessary WFP Logistics officers call in civil engineers to co-ordinate rehabilitation and repair work. If necessary, they will even construct new roads.
Railway transport
Where trains are available, they remain an effective way of moving large volumes of food aid to where it's needed.
WFP Logistics works closely with railway authorities to ensure that the rail capacity available is used effectively, coordinating the use of trains in several regions to supplement limited trucking capacity.
Animal transport
For the last leg of its logistical line, where roads too rough to use or simply non-existent, WFP Logistics relies on local and often extremely unconventional modes of transport.
