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But, without a working port, its not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville is in the Port City Of Larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. Its a drop in the ocean of gazas need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. The spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. It has a long journey ahead of it. The barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. This has taken months in planning. The cargo was loaded all weekend. The final Security Clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. Well, weve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. Weve done airdrops with thejordanian army. This is the next step into providing food aid into gaza. But this is only a small breakthrough. Israels offensive has led to a collapse in civil order. Few Aid Organisations

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