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The EFM team rowing to victory around the world

Added August 12th, 2011

Safely transporting rowing boats and team equipment around the world, between international rowing regattas, team training camps, World Championships and Olympic and Paralympic Games is no simple logistical task, but it is an area in which EFM has years of experience and demonstrated a solid understanding of the challenges involved.

EFM has worked with international rowing across all corners of the globe, including the 2000 Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2004 Athens Olympic and Paralympic Games, the World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan in 2005 through the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Dorney, UK, to the Olympic and Paralympic Games rowing events in Beijing in 2008, the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland, the Commonwealth Rowing Championships at Welland, Ontario, Canada and the World 2010 Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand.

The services provided by EFM to international rowing teams and event organisers, sponsors, media and event suppliers, have included providing vans and experienced drivers to transport excess baggage and equipment around the world, hiring / purchasing, racking out and loading / unloading shipping containers, building custom made shipping crates, door to door sea freight and airfreight services, arranging cranes and lifting equipment, warehousing, raising ATA carnets, preparing customs documentation and attending on-site to ensure that all goes smoothly.

Rowing teams travel not only with their rowing boats and oars but also with a plethora of supplies necessary for successful performance – such as gym and fitness equipment, competition clothing, medical and physiotherapy equipment, bicycles, office supplies, energy drinks and nutritional products. Each country carries its own challenges which EFM has successfully navigated around, including arranging quarantine inspections, import permits, steam cleaning, ferry bookings, security screening procedures, and liaising with the competition organising committees and making MDS bookings, to comply with the various regulations for each shipment and event, making sure that everything is delivered safely and on-time to venues worldwide.