CEVA Logistics, a Dutch supply chain management company, has made changes to its American LCL export system they claim cuts transits to 14 days, beating all rivals.
"The industry normally uses the rail to move cargo to the ports. But assembling and loading trains takes time. Trains leave when traffic volumes justify, and they move more slowly," said CEVA global LCL director Greg Scott.
"Our truck network is the opposite - fast and reliable. It's our major differentiator; we're providing faster service, but still at market-level prices," he said.
CEVA has near doubled its container freight stations, from 26 to 48, replacing a number of outsourced locations, reports the American Journal of Transportation of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
It has also switched collections from shippers, and freight transfers to its own stations at the ports of loading, to its own truck network, CEVA Ground.
As a result, CEVA now has total control over all LCL freight shipments from their origin in any US zip code, to its loading facilities at the ports of New York, Miami and Los Angeles.
Combined with CEVA's use of road transport instead of rail, CEVA is now cutting 14 days from New York-Shanghai transit times, eight days from Atlanta-Singapore, seven days from Los Angeles-Santos and an average seven days from all its global LCL destinations.
"Forty-eight warehouses are CEVA facilities, and all movement from those warehouses to the CEVA port loading locations is via CEVA owned-and-operated trucks," said CEVA global LCL director Greg Scott.
CEVA's road freight network, CEVA Ground, is one of the leading ground transport businesses in North America, using 2,350 vehicles to provide extensive ad hoc services as well as scheduled road feeder operations, said the company statement.
"Over the past four years, CEVA has significantly expanded its global LCL business, most recently announcing a new LCL gateway in Antwerp, and new direct services including Antwerp-New York and Singapore-New York," the statement said.
LOGISTICS
29 September 2015 - 19:00
CEVA Logistics slashes transit times 14 days for American LCL exports
CEVA Logistics, a Dutch supply chain management company, has made changes to its American LCL export system they claim cuts transits to 14 days, beating all rivals.
LOGISTICS
29 September 2015 - 19:00
CEVA Logistics slashes transit times 14 days for American LCL exports
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