Over the past few weeks the north and central regions of Peru have been severely affected by an abnormal amount of precipitation caused by an unusual warm-water mass sitting off the coast of Peru. Unfortunately, we do not have a definitive date on when this will end, but it is expected to go at least through April. Public infrastructure such as highways, railroads, roads, and bridges have been severely affected or destroyed by landslides and floods. As of March 21st, official number of casualties have risen to 78, over 100,000 people have lost their homes and over 600,000 affected. Schools in Lima have been suspended since last Thursday March 16th. We have been experiencing water and food supply shortages in Lima and the north provinces as well. This past Saturday March 18th, the already difficult situation, took a turn for the worse when the Virú Bridge (which connects the Panamerican Highway to the north of Peru near Salaverry and Trujillo) collapsed, cutting off all direct access of supplies and humanitarian support from the most affected Areas. Other bridges are on the brink of collapsing and further affecting the north of Peru. The ports are open and are one of the main ways to get supplies to the most affected areas in Peru since highways and railroads have been severely damaged. Hapag-Lloyd, through a special government emergency decree, is offering cabotage services to get supplies to the North of Peru. Hapag-Lloyd and Consorcio Naviero Peruano are also supporting, offering transport of 300 tons of aid and donations free of charge to the affected area in the north of Peru (Ports of Paita and Salaverry) in our vessels. Locally, Hapag-Lloyd (Peru) also organized and already delivered the first batch of donations which were collected from our staff last week and are currently working on the second collection (water, canned goods, rice and non-perishable foods, sunblock, insect repellent, etc.). There was a lot of support from our staff and people are even going to help on the weekends where they can. Despite the emergency situation our office in Peru is operating in a normal way and all our normal procedures are in force.