Ups Joins London 2012 Sponsors
Logistics firm UPS is the latest sponsor to sign up as a Tier Two supporter of the London 2012 Olympics, becoming the Games’ 22nd domestic commercial partner overall.
Working in collaboration with the London 2012 logistics team, UPS will undertake the operation of the Games Logistics and Command Centre as well as manage all of organising committee LOCOG’s transportation and logistical operations, providing an integrated supply chain solution that includes venue logistics services, warehousing services and the transportation network of vans and lorries that links them.
UPS will use an extensive array of technology systems within those facilities to maintain precise control of the millions of sporting items and related equipment that will be stored and processed there throughout the Games.
In addition UPS will also be responsible for all customs and freight forwarding and courier services for London 2012 with a dedicated fleet of up to 120 vehicles, including electric zero-emission vehicles. UPS staffing will include more than 2,000 people for both operational and customer-facing roles.
UPS was a provider to the Beijing Games in 2008 and was a worldwide partner of the Atlanta Games in 1996, Nagano Winter Games in 1998 and the Sydney Games in 2000. The firm’s contract with LOCOG begins immediately and UPS will begin its planning process.
By the time the Beijing Games concluded, UPS had successfully handled more than 19 million individual items weighing over 10,000 tons, including the 2,008 drums and 10,000 costumes used in the Opening Ceremony; 400 tons of television broadcast equipment; 70,000 pieces of athletes’ luggage and 254 canoes, kayaks and rowboats.
UPS is the fifth Tier Two Supporter to sign up to London 2012 joining Adecco, Cadbury, Cisco, and Deloitte.
As it heads towards its £2bn budget for staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games, LOCOG has six domestic Tier One Partners – adidas, BP, British Airways, BT, EDF and Lloyds TSB.
There are also eleven domestic Tier Three Suppliers and Providers – Airwave, Atkins, Boston Consulting Group, Crystal CG, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Holiday Inn, McCann Worldgroup, The Nielsen Company, Populous, Ticketmaster and Trident.
