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Cargo is loaded into the MSC chartered ship MV Ocean Giant as part of the onload of materials in Port Hueneme, Calif. Ocean Giant is one of three MSC chartered ships that will take supplies to the remote Antarctica outpost of McMurdo Station, in support of Operation Deep Freeze, the Joint Task Force Support for Antarctica mission to the NSF-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. a Navy Reservists from MSC’s Expeditionary Port Unit (EPU) 114 coordinated the loadout of nearly 7 million pounds of cargo. The cargo consists of containers filled will food, mechanical parts, vehicles, construction materials, office supplies and electronics equipment, and much more; 80 percent of the supplies needed the year’s survival at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. In addition, Ocean Giant received a floating causeway that will be used to move cargo and retrograde items to and from the ship during cargo operation in Antarctica.
| Date Taken: | 12.21.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 12.26.2019 13:14 |
| Photo ID: | 6000354 |
| VIRIN: | 191221-N-WD133-292 |
| Resolution: | 640x480 |
| Size: | 92.8 KB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 63 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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