By Zhao Yang and Gao Yanjie
赵阳、高验杰
DJIBOUTI, Dec. 6 -- On December 1, local time, the comprehensive supply ship Taihu (Hull 889) attached to the 39th escort taskforce of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy completed contact-free loading of the first batch of supplies, which were purchased through domestic channels, while being berthed at the Port of Djibouti. This marks the first in-port replenishment since the taskforce set sail on September 26.
吉布提12月6日电 吉布提当地时间12月1日，中国海军第39批护航编队太湖舰靠泊吉布提港，完成首批国内前送物资不接触补给。这是编队自9月26日起航以来，首次实施靠港物资补给。
At 19:00 on November 30, the ship Taihu pulled in the Port of Djibouti. After berthing, cargo containers were hoisted onto the ship in turn, while the sailors carried out disinfection treatment and sampling for quarantine inspection on the containers and food crates.
11月30日19时，太湖舰缓缓驶入吉布提港。靠泊完成后，货物集装箱被依次吊运上舰，官兵们对集装箱、食品包装箱进行了消毒处理和抽样检疫。
More than 10 consecutive hours of unloading and shipment later, the ship Taihu successfully completed the contact-free replenishment of more than 30 tons of supplies at 6 a.m. on December 1, local time.
经过连续10多个小时的卸载装运，当地时间12月1日早上6时，太湖舰顺利完成30余吨物资无接触补给。
In preparation for the taskforce’s supply replenishment, the PLA Support Base in Djibouti had managed to purchase non-staple food and other supplies through domestic channels and transport them by merchant ships in cold-chain storage.
此次物资补给，我驻吉布提保障基地利用国内渠道筹措物资，采取冷链技术储存，依托航经商船前运，为编队提供副食品等物资。
