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Ceva Logistics says it has started the fi rst ever regular truck route between China and Europe following operation of its fi rst ever TIR service to Poland at the end of last year. Just 16 days aſt er setting off ,


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the seven tonnes of garments destined for a leading Spanish retailer completed the door-to- door delivery. Departing from South China, the truck travelled via Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France. No inspection was


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during transit following Customs sealing at Khorgos on the China-


Kazakstan border and unsealing in Spain. Total distance covered was more than 13,600km. Executive vice president of


CEVA Logistics North Asia, Torben Bengtsson, said: “This was the last offi cial trial for our new China- Europe trucking service before we begin a regular service this month. Together with our partner Alblas International Logistics, we will further extend our trucking footprint


through this unique


service. The TIR trucking will change our customer’s logistics fl ow signifi cantly.” Ceva’s director of road and rail


for North Asia, Kelvin Tang added: “It’s a very cost sensitive alternative to air and rail transport. Compared to air transport, the cost is more than 40% lower. And it’s at least 10 days faster than rail transport.” The China-Europe trucking


service will be operated as a round trip twice a week, but with


CMA CGM Group has completed its public tender off er for Ceva Logistics, giving it 97.89% of the outstanding shares in the company on completion,


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fl exible departure and destination according to customer needs. Ceva will also launch a less than container load service in addition to the full container load service in June.


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scheduled for 16 April. Marseille-based CMA CGM


group said the combined entity would be present in 160 countries,


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