It is risky bringing in aid. The UK planes extracting oil-field workers were fired at by anti-Gaddafi guys thinking Gaddafi was using his air-power. The Libyans are adaptable. Deliver equipment and supplies and they will take care of the details. I would load the ships with loaded trucks they could drive off or containers that could be transferred to trucks.

I expect the trickle of aid will become a river now that everyone figures Gaddafi is not going to come back and the Libyans are getting organized. I expect there is air and sea-power queued up just in case.

see Al Jazeera

There are concerns about getting relief supplies to the parts near Tripoli. If they had air-cover, friends could parachute stuff in. Some of it would get where it was needed. Do that at night so the bad guys could not easily scoop it up. I would bet Libyans could be found to simply drive trucks in. With air-patrols friends could identify open routes or a safe drop-off. Folks have GPS-guided para-drops these days so they can drop stuff at high altitude and down range and have stuff glide in. Of course, convoys by road or sea will work but the values become so high that the chance of fighting increase. The object of this game is to get in aid without anyone getting hurt. If it weren’t a matter of concern about civilian casualties, Gaddafi could be bombed out in a day.