DHL Trade Fairs&Events is an expert in exhibition and eventlogistics, and also a part of DHL Flight. It will coordinate thetransportation and storage of sports equipment, venue logistics andon-site support for the upcoming 2018 European Track and FieldChampionships. Before the competition in August, experts from DHLTrade Fairs&Events will provide suggestions and logisticsplanning for the management organization Berlin Leichtathletik-EM2018 GmbH.
"In track and field, everything is to maximize strength andendurance to achieve overall performance. We DHL TradeFairs&Events can identify with these values because we striveto optimize our efficiency and coordination to provide services. Weare proud to support the use of our transportation solutions toparticipate in the 2018 European Track and Field Championships inBerlin." Vincenzo Scrudato, Managing Director of DHL TradeFairs&Events, said.
About 1600 athletes from 47 different events will compete inBerlin for six days. The core competitiveness of DHL TradeFairs&Events is to handle the challenging logistics of sportsevents of this scale."We highly value DHL Trade Fairs&Events asone of the logistics providers in its field, providing reliable andstandard logistics services for exhibitions and events," confirmedTim Herrmann of Leichtathletik-EM2018 GmbH in Berlin.
DHL Trade Fairs&Events will become the logistics partner ofthe European Track and Field Championships. In addition toproviding flexible door-to-door logistics services for athletes andVIPs, DHL is assembling 8500 welcome bags containing sponsor itemsand transporting a shot ring with a diameter of 240 cm and a weightof 970 kg. Two different venues from the Olympic Stadium to Berlin.In addition, two semi-trailers will be used as mobile storage spacefor stay rods, and DHL will provide additional equipment andon-site support. By using the electric truck StreetScooter,transporting smaller goods and articles between the competitionvenue or the athletes' dormitory will achieve climate neutrality.In line with the Group's environmental protection plans, GoGreen,DHL Trade Fairs&Events are increasingly deploying greenlogistics solutions in their operations. By 2025, compared with the2007 benchmark, Deutsche Post DHL Group will increase the carbonefficiency of its own activities and its transport subcontractoractivities by 50% globally. At the local level, the Group aims toimprove the lives of people living and working places through cleantransportation solutions.