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Cargo Operations in Humanitarian Response

Cargo Operations in Humanitarian Response. Airport Planning and Design Final Project Julia Moline. Agenda. Problem Statement Case Study: Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines Illustration of the problems Proposed approach Airport Selection in the Philippines Conclusions and applications.

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Cargo Operations in Humanitarian Response

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  1. Cargo Operations in Humanitarian Response Airport Planning and Design Final Project Julia Moline

  2. Agenda • Problem Statement • Case Study: Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines • Illustration of the problems • Proposed approach • Airport Selection in the Philippines • Conclusions and applications

  3. Problem Statement Two major logistical challenges in large-scale humanitarian response: • Extremely limited storage capacity and • Congestion at airportsdelays in cargo delivery.

  4. Case Study Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

  5. Typhoon Haiyan • Struck the Eastern, Western, and Central Visayas regions on November 8th • 12.3 million affected • 700,000 displaced • 5,800 dead and 27,000 injured • Tacloban City, Leyte Province (pop. 200,000) completely devastated Source: businessinsider.com

  6. Impacted Areas of the Philippines

  7. Logistical Challenges

  8. Illustration Air and storage capacity

  9. Air Congestion • Volume • Time on the ground (TOG) • Limited parking capacity • Limited personnel, equipment • Aircraft type a primary determinant of TOG • Reliability • High percentage of no-shows • Major planning challenges

  10. Storage Capacity • Physical limitations (space) • Personnel and equipment • Loading and unloading • Sorting • Tracking • Security considerations • Major consideration!!! • Protection against looting, other security breaches Source: armedforces-int.com

  11. Proposed Approach Regional Hubs

  12. Air hub Operations Selection Criteria • Shipments to remote airport in same region • Relieves congestion • Cargo shuttled between hub and destination at regular times daily • Increases reliability • Scheduling strategy: maximize tons delivered rather than number of flights • Increases efficiency • Slot availability • Physical capacity • Personnel and equipment • Low risk to natural hazards • Accessibility to or collocation with storage hub

  13. Cargo hub Operations Selection Criteria • Cargo stored at remote location until needed • Relieves physical requirements at destination • Reduces security considerations • Just-in-time delivery • Cargo delivered only if requesting organization can store or will distribute immediately • Large amounts of flexible storage space • Personnel and equipment • Labeling and tracking capabilities • Proximity and accessibility to air hub

  14. Prioritization of Cargo Deliveries • By cargo type: Critically needed items shipped first • Benefit: Enables rapid delivery of most-needed items • Challenge: How are “critical items” determined? • By entity type: Home government first, then others • Benefit: Distributes cargo across entities; aligns with recovery goals of home government • Challenges: How is hierarchy determined? What if the home government is weakened or corrupt?

  15. Challenges • Coordinating entity and process ownership • Buy-in • Process control for participating entities • “Temporary” warehousing • Aircraft availability • Personnel and equipment availability

  16. Hub Selection in the Philippines

  17. Hub Selection • Best Choice: Clark Field • Former US Military base with ample operational and storage space • Used by US Military as hub for Haiyan response • Approx. 1.5 hr flight • Additional option: Subang, Malaysia • Near UN emergency warehouse • Used as an international hub in 2005 • Far from Tacloban

  18. International Entities Clark Field Operational Diagram Air Hub DZR Storage Hub CEB Normal Cargo Flows Emergency Cargo Flows Information Flows

  19. Conclusions and Applications

  20. Applications • Further research: queuing models for scheduling and inventory levels • DHL “Get Airports Ready for Disaster” Program • Add considerations for partner airports • UN Humanitarian Response Depot Program • Design air capacity into operational strategy for 5 international warehouses

  21. Questions?

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