DB Schenker has continued their commitment to major sporting events and in particular the Olympic Movement when in June 13, 2003 DB Schenker signed an agreement with the IOC through to December 31, 2008 in the product category of freight forwarding and customs clearance.

This means that DB Schenker, one of the leading global providers of integrated services in the areas of land transport as well as air and sea freight, is an official supplier to the IOC for freight forwarding and customs clearance for the Olympic Games. DB Schenker is cooperating with the IOC and the Organising Committees for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (ATHOC), the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games (TOROC) and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG).

DB Schenker has extensive experience in the provision of logistics services to large international sporting events inclusive of the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games, Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games, World Cup Soccer 2002 Korea/Japan and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. DB Schenker recognises that the Games demand detailed planning to ensure the services meet the criteria of the respective Organising Committee and its customers.

The Sports Events group is responsible to provide streamlined services to all our various customer groups such as Organising Committees, customers within the Olympic and Paralympic Families, NOC's (National Olympic Committees) and NPC’s (National Paralympic Committees), IF's (International Federations), NF's (National Federations), Broadcasters, Press, Sponsors, event organisers, various other service providers and suppliers.

Sport event experts as part of our Sports Events group are located in each of our offices in Australia and New Zealand. Please refer page “contacts”.

Our project teams are continuously working on many major events, providing streamlined services to all various customers:

• Planning
• Scheduling
• IT Solutions
• Land Transport
• Airfreight
• Seafreight
• Customs Clearance
• Materials Handling
• Distribution