WFP’s Shipping Service (also referred to as “Shipping”)
has been operating for more than 50 years with the mandate
to organize and manage the transport by sea of WFP’s food
and non-food commodities. It is a centralized function of
WFP’s Supply Chain Operations Division, operating from
headquarters in Rome, from where it handles in-house all
international cargo movements by sea, servicing WFP’s
country offices, key corridors and port operations. It is
unique in the United Nations and has sole responsibility
for all ocean transport contracting and execution of
related vessel operations. Based on the results of the
audit, the Office of Internal Audit has come to an overall
conclusion of effective / satisfactory.