here is some shipping from new york to west africa. http://globalcitynyc.com/2012/10/15/west-african-new-yorkers-ship-large-goods-and-profits-across-atlantic/

it is done all the time. people find ways to get it to destinations..never underestimate the power of the human spirit...never say never...never say we can only move stuff by air and helicopter in a disaster..there are never going to be enough. When Katrina came they waited for 4 helicopters when they were surrounded by pretty shallow water that swift boat veterans were prevented from going in for rescuing people and bringing supplies. When Haiti had its earthquake we were so close to US landmass..oh dear the docks are wrecked..get it there anyway..send a zodiac with a couple of people and as much water as can be loaded and say that further supplies are on the boat...every able bodied person there will start commandeering small boats and building rafts and swimming to tow whatever back. there are sometimes animals that can be used..if they have a supply of newfoundland dogs..who knows..donkeys, mules, llamas, camels, water buffalo, dogs..we do not have to think only in US terms..rickshaws...wheelbarrows, backpacks..all can and will be used. it was awful watching fukishima surrounded by water and they were not using it..at least that is how it appeared. get stuff close by and people there will figure out how to get it further. And how to use those mounds of clothes people are so worried about. They can distribute them on site, they can see that they get taken further in, they can be used to stuff furniture and quilts, used as diapers, bandages, rugs. Do not spend one second worried that a wedding dress will make it into the mix as did somewhere...Guatamala..people have worried about that for years. Some bride was probably very happy.