Grimaldi supports the Food for Gaza initiative

Solidarity is made of concrete actions, not just words. One such action carried out by the Grimaldi Group was the free transport of a mobile scanner offered by the Gioia Tauro Port Authority that will be of extreme importance for Gaza, the Palestinian territory which has been the epicentre of clashes for nine months now, with tens of thousands of civilian casualties. The scanner was transported on board the vessel Grande Europa from Gioia Tauro (Italy) to Limassol (Cyprus): this X-ray inspection device can check all types of goods and will allow the inspection of food aid for Gaza so as to prevent the risk of package tampering.

The scanner left Gioia Tauro on 30 June and arrived in Limassol on 4 July, after being delivered to the Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency and to the Civil Protection Department in the Calabrian port, as part of the Italian Government's humanitarian initiative "Food for Gaza” in support of the Palestinian civilian population in the Strip.

“With this operation we’ve given a further signal of the Italian Government’s concrete commitment to deal with the humanitarian crisis and alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian population in Gaza,” commented Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation Antonio Tajani. “Thanks to the mobile scanner we’ll facilitate checks on humanitarian products that will be sent through the 'maritime corridor' from Cyprus to Gaza.”

“I also thank the shipping company Grimaldi Lines, an important Italian player in the maritime industry, which offered the free transport of the scanner to Cyprus: this also shows how the Food for Gaza initiative is made possible by the joint commitment of institutions, associations and private individuals,” Mr Tajani concluded. From Cyprus, once checked according to security standards agreed with Israel, the humanitarian aid will be forwarded to Gaza, its final destination.

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