Volvo Ocean Race Name Maersk Line as Shipping Partner for 2014-15

Maersk Line, click the world’s largest shipping company, herbal has been confirmed as the official shipping partner for the 2014-15 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Starting in October, the Volvo Ocean Race visits ten countries, four continent s and five oceans over a nine month period.

Maersk’s Line’s challenge as shipping partner will be to keep the event on track throughout the race.

Volvo Ocean CEO Knut Frostad said: “It is critical that the teams and ports plus ourselves and our sponsors can rely on the best possible logistics delivery and who better than Maersk Line to provide that for us. We are delighted to welcome them to our team of world class Race partners.”

Volvo Ocean Race Chief Operations Officer Tom Touber added: “We are very lucky to have a very professional shipping company to transport the whole race village around the world. It’s a case of setting up a village for almost 1,000 inhabitants if you count all of the race, team and other stakeholder staff.

“And on top of that we host 2.9 million spectators every race.

“We needed a professional company like Maersk Line helping us to get these race villages built in time. The race boats are so fast now it has become a real challenge to get everything ready for them when they arrive.”

Maersk Line will ship some 90 containers containing team, organisation and boat equipment around the world.

Maersk Line’s Chief Commercial Officer, Stephen Schueler commented: “The Volvo Ocean Race has made a promise to deliver a memorable race experience for thousands of fans, sponsors and participants across the world. We are incredibly proud to support them to keep that promise.”