CEVA Logistics, one of the world's leading supply chain companies, has announced the launch of a new weekly LCL service from Singapore to New York. This is the first guaranteed weekly service direct to the US from Singapore as part of the company's initiative to enhance its LCL offerings serving Transpacific needs.

The weekly direct sailing service will take approximately 23 days from port-to-port, providing customers with predictability and better control of their cargo movement. CEVA will ensure track and trace visibility of all cargo shipments from origin-to-destination. The service is also complemented by consolidation services from Penang to Singapore before moving the load to New York.

CEVA's Ms Lynnda Loo, Head of Ocean Freight for Singapore and Malaysia, said: "We are excited to roll out a weekly LCL service from Singapore to New York, in response to customer feedback. Singapore, being strategically located in the region, is a key hub for CEVA's LCL services, with ongoing weekly services directly to Shanghai, Pusan, Chittagong and other destinations. We will continue to increase the number of destinations for ocean freight to provide our customers with greater flexibility and choice."

Customers will also benefit from the availability of door-to-door trucking service from New York to 51 destinations in the US through CEVA's integrated supply chain services.

"Once the container arrives in New York, we utilise a 100 per cent all-motor truck network to service the 51 destinations up and down the East Coast and US Midwest. We decrease our transits into the Midwest by an average of five days versus a routing over Los Angeles," said Mr Robert Braun, LCL Director for CEVA in North America.

CEVA recently started a guaranteed weekly LCL service from its newly opened Antwerp gateway in Belgium to New York as well. Recognising customers' shipping needs, the company aims to continue developing its LCL consolidation network and plans an additional 40 new direct global services by the end of 2015.