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Ceva takes the high road to Asia

[ September 6, 2023   //   ]

Ceva Logistics has launched new international road transport routes on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan and China-Pakistan corridors.  

The forwarder held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in early September as a convoy of six trucks departed from western China’s inland city of Kashgar, crossing into Kyrgyzstan. Loaded with industrial components, auto parts and consumer goods, they arrived in Uzbekistan’s second-largest city, Samarkand, after approximately 1,100km. 

Managing Director of Greater China, Joanna Zhu, said: “With the successful pilot, CEVA is expecting more regular TIR operations on this new route with around 100 trucks every month. CEVA will continue to optimize ground and rail product portfolios to open direct routes while strengthening intermodal capabilities. We will develop more trade lanes from China to the west and enhance trade resilience along the corridor.”  

The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Ground Transportation Corridor is part of China’s “Belt and Road” initiative.

Ceva is also continuing to strengthen its multimodal solutions in the region A China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway is due to be completed in 2025 and will make it the shortest freight route from China to the Middle East and Europe.

Ceva Logistics has also launched the first China-Pakistan (Kashgar, China to Islamabad, Pakistan) TIR truck route when five container trucks loaded with 79 tons of consumer goods departed from Kashgar, China. Operating via Hongqilafu Port, the world’s highest, they arrived at Islamabad, Pakistan four working days later.  

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