A marathon effort by CEVA Logistics
24 April 2009 - 10:00 CET
CEVA will handle the London Marathon Kitbag OperationASHBY DE LA ZOUCH, UK, 24 April 2009 - CEVA Logistics, one of the world's leading supply chain companies, is managing the London Marathon kitbag operation. The operation involves over 40 CEVA vehicles and 20 volunteers.
The CEVA vehicles travel across London in convoy, accompanied by a police escort. They line up at the start of the course at Blackheath and Greenwich so that the 35,000 competitors can hand over their tracksuits and day clothes to be loaded onto CEVA vehicles.
Mark Worman, CEVA's Head of Solution Design explains that "twenty-six miles and 385 yards later, the runners collect their clothes - packed in numbered kit bags matching their competitor numbers - from the vehicles in The Mall. There is a lot of planning involved to make sure everything runs smoothly. It's a huge challenge to ensure that the competitors are reunited with their clothes and personal belongings, but working in partnership with the London Marathon teams we have the operation down to a fine art."
This year Eleanor Riley, a member of Mark's team from CEVA's Ashby HQ, is taking part in the race. Eleanor aims to complete the race in around 5 hours. Colleagues and friends have sponsored Eleanor to the tune of £1,200 to raise much-needed cash for her nominated charity Foundation into the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID).
If you wish to sponsor Eleanor you can do so at www.justgiving.com/elliejriley.
For more information contact:
Lindsey Randle
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
+44 (0)1530 568709
Lindsey.Randle@cevalogistics.com
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