DHL Prepares OAR Project for Historic Journey across the North Atlantic
Plantation, Fla., April 17, 2012: DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, announces its sponsorship of the OAR Project (Olympic Atlantic Row), the first ocean rowing attempt on record to cross the North Atlantic from St John’s, Newfoundland to Bristol, England continuing through the British Inland Waterways. The 2,000 mile journey will challenge the two ocean rowers to reach London in time for the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. As the official logistics partner of the OAR project, DHL will be transporting ‘Bojangles’, a state of the art ocean rowing boat, from San Francisco,