BAAR, Switzerland: April 03, 2019. Ceva Logistics is to begin twice-weekly full container load (FCL) road services between China and Europe following the arrival of its first truck from China to Spain in 16 days.

The 70 cubic metres load of 7,000kgs of garments destined for Zara left South China and travelled over 13,600 kilometres via Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France.

No inspection was required during the TIR transit after the truck was sealed by Customs at Khorgos on the China-Kazakstan border and unsealed in Spain.

“This was the last official trial for our new China-Europe trucking service before we begin a regular service this month," siad Torben Bengtsson, Ceva Logistics EVP North Asia. “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 flow significantly.”

According to Kelvin Tang, director of Road & Rail for Ceva Logistics North Asia the cost is 40 percent less than air and 10 days faster than rail.