Friday, 22 August 2025
CEVA Logistics has opened a new International Road Transport (TIR) Center in Alashankou, China. The 4,300 square meter facility, located in the local eCommerce Industrial Park within the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, is the company’s first TIR center dedicated to consolidating international road transport shipments for both imports and exports. The facility includes 1,000 square meters specifically equipped for handling dangerous goods.
Alashankou, situated on the border with Kazakhstan, is a key gateway to Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Europe. The location offers preferential customs conditions, expedited clearance procedures, and duty-free storage, which together support the flow of cross-border trade and the growth of e-commerce and manufacturing clusters in the region.
The new center will be used to consolidate less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments, enabling multiple shippers to share cargo space and reduce costs on long-haul routes such as those between Europe and China. According to CEVA, combining the TIR system with the new facility is expected to shorten transit times by nearly 30 percent and reduce transportation costs by around 15 percent.
The center is designed to strengthen CEVA’s international road transport network, connecting approximately 30 cities across 15 countries in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Europe. Kelvin Tang, Vice President of Road and Rail Transportation for Greater China and Global Leader of Multimodal and Cross-Border Transportation at CEVA Logistics, described the facility as a step toward building more reliable Euro-Asian supply chains, noting that the TIR model and regional policies allow for faster and more transparent deliveries.
