U.S. forces are close to completing construction of a temporary port in the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza’s coast, but the weather has proven to be a recent obstacle.
They temporarily paused construction of the pier on Thursday due to forecasted high winds and high sea swells, according to U.S. Central Command. The military vessels involved in the pier’s construction, as well as the pier itself, were moved to the Israeli Port of Ashdod.
150 aid trucks a day
Pending further weather delays, the pier should be operational within a number of days. At initial operating capacity, U.S. forces should be able to get a throughput of 90 aid trucks a day and scale up to 150 daily at full operating capacity, according to a senior military official.
The U.S. is effectively building a floating pier that will be about two miles off
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