WFP’s Shipping Service (also referred to as “Shipping”) has been operating for more than 50 years with the mandate to organize and manage the transport by sea of WFP’s food and non-food commodities. It is a centralized function of WFP’s Supply Chain Operations Division, operating from headquarters in Rome, from where it handles in-house all international cargo movements by sea, servicing WFP’s country offices, key corridors and port operations. It is unique in the United Nations and has sole responsibility for all ocean transport contracting and execution of related vessel operations. Based on the results of the audit, the Office of Internal Audit has come to an overall conclusion of effective / satisfactory.