OREANDA-NEWS. October 6, 2009. The sponsorship agreement between Freight One and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club has been extended for one year until the end of the 2009—2010 season. The company retains the status and authority of the club’s title sponsor. The funds specified in the contract will be spent on upgrading the team’s equipment and other initiatives.

Freight One’s logo will continue to be placed on the players’ gear as well as the ice and rink boards of Arena-2000-Lokomotiv in Yaroslavl and on other advertising materials.

The agreement with the hockey club is an important stage in the implementation of Freight One’s strategy of supporting Russian sports. A similar contract has been signed with the Lokomotiv soccer team. In addition, Freight One is the general sponsor of the farm club Locomotiv—2, where first-string players are recruited for the Lokomotiv soccer team.