CEVA Logistics expanded its global deep-sea car carrier operations, now offering connections from the Far East to Central and South America via a regular trade lane and spot services.
Three additional roll-on, roll-off (RORO) vessels—ranging from 5,500 to 7,000 car equivalent units (CEUs)—will expand the company’s finished vehicle logistics (FVL) solutions for the automotive market.
The new, regular trade lane service now runs between the Fast East and the west coast of Central and South America, with multiple origin and destination calls available in China, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile.
CEVA Logistics now operates a global fleet of nine deep-sea and short-sea vessels in rotations across four major trade lanes. CMA CGM-owned logistics arm first announced in 2023 the operation of four Eastern Pacific Shipping’s LNG dual-fuel hybrid deep-sea vessels via a 10-year lease from its mother company.
CEVA Logistics has since expanded with additional vessel leases. Each of the vessels commercially operated by CEVA is equipped with lift decks, allowing loads of all types of vehicles, including passenger cars, vans, trucks, heavy machinery, and other oversized vehicles. CEVA has now transported more than 225,000 vehicles, including high and heavy equipment, since beginning the new RORO services. In 2024, CEVA transported more than 6.1 million vehicles worldwide thanks to its FVL solutions.
Thanks to the 5,500-CEU Lake Fuxian vessel, which was added to its operations in the first quarter of 2025, CEVA recently completed a delivery of vehicles and construction equipment from China to South Africa’s Port of Durban, before continuing to Vitoria, Brazil, to deliver the final 2,500 vehicles and equipment.
Emmanuel Cheremetinski, global FVL leader at CEVA Logistics, commented: “With end-to-end solutions from factory to dealer, this expansion of our RORO vessel fleet directly reflects the value we offer our customers. The additional vessels allow us to provide both reliability and flexibility through our new regular trade lane rotation and our global spot solutions.”
