Marken remains committed to delivering lifesaving drugs with quality excellence to our clients and their patients. This year, with the Olympic games occurring in Paris, we understand and anticipate delays in deliveries and collections from sites in France, in areas where the Olympics and Paralympics will be organized. We are proactively monitoring all transportation routes leading up to this grand event and our experts are working on solutions, with contingency plans in place. We will communicate necessary updates directly to our clients, on a case-by-case basis, leading up to the event. 

PARIS OLYMPICS 2024 SCHEDULE 

• Ceremony – July 26
• Olympics – July 24 to August 11
• Paralympics – August 28 to September 8

OPERATIONAL UPDATES:

• AIRLINES – Marken has been informed by DGAC (General Directorate for Civil Aviation) that a temporary prohibited area (ZIT Ceremonie) will be created to ensure the implementation of specialty air security arrangements as part of protection of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games 2024. Flights will be banned in this area from 16h 30 to midnight on July 26, 2024. As part of Marken’s contingency plans, alternative European airports, including Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels will be used on this day. Our team is in daily contact with the regional airlines to anticipate any disruption that may occur during these series of events.
• ROAD – The organizers of the Olympic Games released a transportation plan for every day of the event in Paris. The transportation plan is available here. A security plan has also been released by the authorities, which covers the accessibility & restrictions throughout this event. All drivers operating for Marken have received their accreditation to perform collection and delivery in the different restricted areas (red and blue areas in the interactive map). Competitor sites (grey area in the interactive map) will not be accessible by any transport companies. Marken will proactively work with the sites impacted, to ensure collection and delivery is successfully performed without any delay. 
• OCEAN & TRAIN- No impact is expected at this time.
• SURROUNDING REGIONS – Minimal impacts are expected from the surrounding regions, as a portion of the event will happen outside of Paris. 

*This situation is fluid and we will update as we get closer to the event.