On December 11-12, 2024, the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab held a workshop in Cambridge, MA with industry, academic, non-profit and government stakeholders to discuss fuel supply chains in the 2024 hurricane season and establish a foundation for developing a fuel response playbook for future disasters.
This report summarizes the key discussions and takeaways, operational challenges faced in recent hurricanes, best practices, and important concepts to form the foundation of a fuel response playbook in future disasters.
Workshop Goals
This workshop was designed with the following goals in mind:
- Discuss experiences from Hurricanes Helene and Milton to understand where bottlenecks emerged, what adaptations worked and who engaged to meet the challenges presented by these back-to-back events.
- Developing concepts and ideas for a fuel response “playbook” that could be referenced by private and public sector stakeholders in disasters
Download the full report here.
About the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab
The mission of the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab is to understand and improve the supply chain systems behind public services and private markets to meet human needs. Based within the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, the Lab combines MIT expertise in engineering, management, information technology, social science, economics, urban planning and other disciplines to drive practical innovation for humanitarian interventions. The lab has a diverse portfolio of projects to improve emergency response during crisis and to enable market development that improves resilience. Our theoretical and applied research is driven by active engagement with the private sector, government agencies, humanitarian, international development, and community organizations on several continents.