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Video NationYou are in: London > Video Nation > Olympic delivery by barge ![]() Olympic delivery by bargePaul Rainer Paul Rainer is a warehouse manager at Knauf Drywall, a building materials firm. With the development of the London canals, he is looking at new ways of delivering goods off-road.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is hoping to achieve 50% of building materials delivered to the Olympic site by river. The regeneration of the London canals will make the transportation of products to the site by barge possible, while cutting down the number of vehicles on the road. Knauf Drywall is hoping to help the ODA with its environmentally green aspirations. The company is very close to Ridham Dock in Sittingbourne, Kent, where the barges could take the materials through the Thames and onto the canals, straight into the site at Stratford. The firm has already executed a dry run and is developing a waterway strategy for the long term. For Paul and the company it is exciting times. last updated: 19/12/2007 at 16:01 SEE ALSOYou are in: London > Video Nation > Olympic delivery by barge Video NationPopular films on Video Nation right now |
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