Multi-modal transport solution for peak holiday season

PROJECT OVERVIEW

A leading fashion retailer sought a logistics solution to meet their high consumer demand during the peak holiday season. With manufacturing based in China and their primary market in Spain, the company required a reliable logistics partner to ensure the timely delivery of their products across continents.

Our customer’s business challenges

The retailer faced intense pressure during the busy holiday season to fulfill delivery promises to customers. With global supply chains stretched to capacity, they needed a dependable, comprehensive solution for cross-border shipments. The customer’s critical requirement was that the shipments from China to Spain needed to have a total transit time of less than 18 days.

SOLUTION

Leveraging its expansive global logistics network, CEVA implemented a customized multi-modal transport solution. This approach combined around 6,000 kilometers of ground transport via truck from East China to Tashkent, Uzbekistan where shipments underwent customs preparation before being transferred to southern Spain via air. This integrated solution dramatically reduced the transit time to just 9-14 days, nearly half the timeframe the customer initially requested.

The multimodal approach—ground plus air—as opposed to the former solution of only leveraging air freight from China to Spain resulted in over 30% cost savings—all without compromising on speed or reliability. By using ground transport rather than exclusive air freight, the solution also lowered the shipments’ carbon footprint by approximately 19%. In the future, CEVA will add more destinations like Armenia, as well as other European countries besides Spain, to this ground-air multimodal solution.

TANGIBLE RESULTS

Thanks to the strategic approach, CEVA exceeded the customer’s 18-day transit time requirement, reduced costs and decreased overall carbon emissions—delivering a solution that balanced speed, cost, efficiency and sustainability during the crucial holiday sales period.