Jadrolinija has introduced free transport for humanitarian aid vehicles, voluntary fire brigades, HGSS, and people from earthquake-affected areas. The Port of Rijeka has donated its space for a collection center for donations from Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Istria counties.
About 150 vehicles and more than 260 people have been transported by Jadrolinija ferries and catamarans free of charge so far, reports HRT.
Travel for humanitarians will continue to be free. David Sopta, President of the Management Board of Jadrolinija, says that he will list all the people who come and that everything will be fine.
Jadrolinija employees and management will pay around HRK 500,000 into the state budget.
The Port of Rijeka gave the Red Cross its 2,000-square-meter space to form a collection center for humanitarian aid donations from Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Istria counties.
The director of the City Society of the Central Committee of Rijeka, Petra Šuljić, says that she is very grateful to them for that.
Volunteers and Red Cross staff regularly go to the affected areas. Mrs. Vesna returned from Petrinja. Full of impressions and emotions, she spoke about the people who have been left without their homes. Everyone works, everyone is on the move, but they are modest, says Vesna Vidović, director of the Red Cross of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
Help continues to arrive regularly, thanks to good people with big hearts, concludes HRT.
Recall, last week, Jadrolinija announced vehicles transporting humanitarian aid for the earthquake-stricken area, vehicles of services and volunteers who help, and people from the affected areas who travel to the islands are exempted from purchasing travel tickets.
“Jadrolinija has decided to exempt the payment of travel tickets for vehicles participating in the transport of humanitarian aid, for vehicles of the Voluntary Fire Brigades (DVD), the Croatian Mountain Rescue Service (HGSS) and volunteers who go to help the earthquake-stricken area,” the statement said.
All persons from the affected areas, who travel to the islands, receive free transport upon presenting an identity card. Jadrolinija reports that due to free transport records, it is necessary to submit the name of the organization, institution, association or name and surname, registration number, vehicle type, date of travel, and port of embarkation to the address [email protected].
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