Somebody Funded This
United Nations and NGO Logistics
Aid cargo carries an obligation ordinary freight does not: a donor will eventually ask what was shipped, when it moved, what it cost and whether it arrived. That makes traceability part of the service rather than an add-on. Dubai is a natural staging point for the region, and goods can be held in our own warehouses between the moment funding is confirmed and the moment a deployment is decided.
What Aid Consignments Need
Requirements That Come With Funding
Humanitarian freight is judged on accountability as much as on speed.
- Itemised records of what shipped and when
- Costs traceable to a consignment
- Staging storage between funding and deployment
- Consolidation of donations from several sources
- Consignments prepared for difficult destinations
- Documentation for receiving authorities
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Discuss a Programme Call +971 4 239 7107Why Dubai Is a Staging Point
A great deal of relief cargo passes through the UAE rather than shipping direct, for reasons that are mostly logistical.
Connections in every direction
Jebel Ali reaches most of the region directly, and the airports cover what sea cannot - see sea freight from Jebel Ali.
Hold now, decide later
Stock can be bought when funding exists and held until a deployment is decided, which is rarely the same week.
Consolidation of donations
Goods arriving from several donors can be combined into single, documented consignments rather than shipped piecemeal.
Bonded when it should be
Goods that will leave again need not have UAE duty paid on them - see bonded storage.
Cargo that may never be deployed
Some pre-positioned stock is bought against a contingency that does not occur. It still has to be stored, counted and reported on for as long as it is held, which is a storage question rather than a freight one.
Prepared for the Destination
What Aid Cargo Needs Doing to It
Relief consignments usually travel further and rougher than commercial freight.
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Packed for hard handling
Cargo going to sites without forklifts or loading docks has to survive being handled by hand - see cargo packing.
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Marked and listed clearly
Consignments labelled and inventoried so a receiving team can identify contents without opening everything.
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Temperature where required
Medical supplies moved under temperature control where the product demands it.
Why Cannata
The Record Is the Deliverable
For an aid organisation, freight that arrives without a documented trail creates a reporting problem that outlasts the shipment.
Traceable throughout
Storage, transport and customs in one company, so the record has one author.
Staging space
Three Dubai warehouses, bonded or duty-paid, for cargo waiting on a deployment decision.
Onward in any direction
Sea, road and cross-border movement from the same team once the destination is confirmed.
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Give us the route and the cargo and we will come back with a rate, usually within one working day.
Our FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What aid organisations ask.
