French logistics company CEVA Logistics has launched a low-carbon ocean freight service between France and Ivory Coast. The new service uses marine biofuel and the company said it reduces CO2 by 84% over conventional ocean freight.
This new weekly route provides a Less Than Container Load (LCL) ocean freight service between Rouen, Marseille, Lyon and Abidjan. This allows small cargo to be consolidated together.
“CEVA’s new low carbon ocean freight service from France to Ivory Coast supports our core mission to continuously innovate and diversify our sustainable logistics offerings.” Said Paul Bernard the managing director for West Africa and Overseas Territories at CEVA Logistics. “CEVA’s ambition is to expand our capabilities to sustainably support our customers’ end-to-end supply chains.”
Launched in November 2024, CEVA FORPLANET is the company’s suite of sustainable logistics solutions that enable customers to reduce the environmental impact of their supply chains through low carbon transport options, circular economy practices and integrated emissions measurement and optimization tools. The solutions include modal shift strategies and the use of alternative fuels across ocean, air and ground transport.
As part of its sustainability approach, CEVA offers clients a range of alternative fuel options, including marine biofuel for ocean freight, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and biofuels or electric vehicles for road transport. In 2024, CEVA said, it avoided over 26,000 tons of CO2 emissions by using more than 10 million liters of sustainable marine and aviation fuels. The new low carbon LCL ocean freight service between France and Ivory Coast is part of the CEVA FORPLANET suite, offering customers more sustainable logistics solutions.
