Schenker Official Supplier of Freight Forwarding for Sydney 2000

Item Entered: Monday, March 29, 99

Essen/Sydney. Schenker International (Australia) Pty Ltd is the newly appointed "Official Supplier of Freight Forwarding" to the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games(SOCOG), organisers of next year's Olympic Games in Sydney.

With more than 125 years' experience in the handling of freight forwarding for major events, Schenker is well placed to meet the challenge of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The company was official freight forwarder for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. "We are fortunate to have first class facilities in Sydney in close proximity to air and sea terminals and we are just a 40 minute drive to Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush," says Mr. Ron Koehler, Director of Schenker Australia.

"Schenker International Sydney is linked to over 1,000 offices in more than 100 countries worldwide. Schenker Freight Managers from around the world will support our Sydney team. Utilising our local experience, international resources and electronic tracking systems, we are confident we'll deliver a 'Freight Friendly' Games."

Olympic Games Liaison Manager for Schenker International is Mr. Paul Graham, who brings more than three decades experience to his position. Mr. Graham will be operating from SOCOG's Jones Street Headquarters in Sydney.

Schenker's first operation of this nature in Australia was last century. In 1888, the company was involved in management of international freight for the World Exhibition in Melbourne, for which the Royal Exhibition Centre was constructed.

The Schenker Group, which has annual sales of approximately DM 10 billion, 27,000 employees, 1,000 offices and subsidiaries around the world, and is one of the world's leading providers of logistics and freight-forwarding services, consolidates the European land transport, air and seafreight and logistics systems activities of Stinnes AG, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.