The movement of healthcare products has always been about more than just logistics. Every vial, device and therapy represents a patient waiting for treatment — often urgently. At CEVA, this commitment is embodied in our ForPatients philosophy, which reminds us that “We are not moving boxes; we are safeguarding therapies destined for real people.” This ethos underscores the understanding that every shipment has a direct impact on human lives, whether it travels by air, ocean, ground, or through our contract logistics network.
This patient-centered mindset is driving CEVA’s growth in healthcare, one of our fastest-expanding sectors across the globe. Backed by the CMA CGM Group’s multimodal network and increasing investment across Asia-Pacific, we are strengthening the supply chains that support the region’s rapidly growing biopharma, MedTech and life sciences industries. As APAC emerges as a global hub for biomanufacturing, clinical research and healthcare innovation, the need for logistics partners capable of delivering precision-controlled, compliant, and patient-focused operations has never been more critical.
CEVA’s Healthcare Footprint in Asia-Pacific
CEVA’s healthcare logistics operations span across 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region with more than 120 healthcare sites and 50 cold-chain facilities worldwide. CEVA continues to expand its healthcare network, specifically designed for scale, control and regulatory compliance. In Asia-Pacific, we support our customers in designing and implementing strategic layouts for regional distribution centers, helping them optimize supply chains, enhance product availability and drive sustainable growth across the region.
Across the APAC region, we have nearly 20 facilities designed to handle patient-centric logistics. Among these, Singapore stands out as home to CEVA’s flagship Healthcare Hub — a 6,500-square-meter free-trade-zone facility engineered specifically for pharmaceutical and medical product handling.
The hub includes 24/7 monitored cold rooms, an on-site pharmacist and six redressing rooms — including specialized cytotoxic handling capabilities. It holds multiple accreditations, including ISO 13485, Good Distribution Practice (GDP), CEIV Pharma and Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) certifications for secondary packaging, redressing and compliance activities.
Value-added services extend across relabeling, repacking, redressing and quarantine management, all integrated into a fully validated GDP framework. This level of capability ensures that products maintain integrity from arrival to dispatch, whether they’re lifesaving biologics, temperature-sensitive vaccines or Class A medical devices.
Building on this foundation, CEVA can deliver tangible results through customer-focused logistics solutions. For instance, CEVA supported the launch of a leading eye-care manufacturer’s regional service center in Singapore. By integrating a centralized inventory, automated warehouse systems, and in-house laser marking for repackaging, the facility reduces delivery times across APAC, expands thousands of SKUs, and maintains near-perfect prescription accuracy. Dedicated teams co-design processes, anticipate demand fluctuations, and proactively mitigate supply chain risks. As a result, CEVA’s patient-centric, technology-driven approach transforms logistics into a competitive advantage for customers while ensuring timely, accurate delivery of critical healthcare products.
Precision and Compliance: Global Strategy Meet Local Solutions
In healthcare logistics, precision is non-negotiable. CEVA’s operations prioritize product integrity at every stage, guided by the company’s Global Quality Management System (QMS) built on GDP, ISO standards, and local regulatory frameworks including HSA, FDA and ANVISA.
Our facilities are specialized and of healthcare grade with on-site pharmacists, fully GDP trained staff and compliance managers, who oversee processes ensuring end-to-end integrity. Having our specialized teams onsite ensures the protection of the authenticity, safety and efficacy of every product handled.
CEVA’s global strategy is rooted in operational excellence, regulatory foresight, and a customer-centric innovation model. This approach empowers regional teams to tailor solutions locally while staying aligned with global best practices — a balance that is especially critical in a region as diverse as APAC.
Visibility and Digital Control: Building Predictive, Connected Supply Chains
As healthcare customers increasingly prioritize validated, end-to-end transparency that goes beyond simple monitoring to include proactive intervention, we rise to this challenge by building predictive, connected supply chains.
Our approach extends beyond traditional track-and-trace, embedding real-time monitoring, predictive logistics and actionable insights into daily operations. Through the myCEVA platform and our Follow-the-Sun global control tower, healthcare shipments are observed around the clock, enabling our regional and global teams to intervene proactively whenever and wherever needed.
We complement this oversight with IoT-enabled sensors, AI-driven risk modelling and predictive lane assessment, creating a digital ecosystem that monitors conditions in real time, flags deviations and allows proactive action to maintain compliance across complex, multimodal routes.
By combining continuous data collection with advanced analytics, we can anticipate risks, optimize routing and ensure that every shipment reaches its destination safely, securely and fully compliant. CEVA’s digital infrastructure is built not just to manage logistics, but to demonstrate that pharmaceutical goods have remained authentic, within the correct temperature range and fully compliant throughout their journey.
Sustainability and Resilience in Cold Chain Operations
In healthcare logistics, sustainability matters just as much as precision, and CEVA, together with its parent company, the CMA CGM Group, is actively working toward net-zero emissions by 2050. Across APAC, the company is transforming its operations with LEED-certified, solar-ready warehouses and hybrid and electric vehicles for last-mile delivery. Cold-chain shipments increasingly travel in reusable and recyclable packaging. Strategic modal shifts, such as moving certain transport routes from air to ocean, are guided by advanced carbon reduction tools that optimize mode and route selection and enable CO2 tracking.
Through the CMA CGM Group, CEVA also harnesses LNG-powered vessels and other cross-modal sustainability initiatives, weaving environmental responsibility into every stage of the supply chain. As a result, CEVA works together with its healthcare customers to achieve their unique sustainability goals without compromising operational excellence or compliance.
Local Expertise and Global Consistency
In healthcare logistics, standardization and localization must go hand in hand. At CEVA, while global consistency in areas such as visibility, compliance and operational discipline is essential, true value is created when these global frameworks are adapted to the distinct realities of individual markets.
To strike a balance between standardization and localization, our APAC Healthcare Competence Center ensures that global quality standards are consistently applied while adapting to the specific requirements of markets like Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and China.
Guided by the philosophy of “Excellence or nothing,” we work closely with our customers to co-develop standard operating procedures, manage quality plans, conduct risk assessments and drive continuous improvement into daily operations, ensuring that the highest standards are met locally and globally.
Supporting this localized execution are our Global Dedicated Competence Centers, including one based in Singapore. These specialised teams provide 24/7 support and coordinate cross-product solutions for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Our teams work closely alongside customers to co-design tailored logistics solutions, anticipate challenges and proactively resolve issues before they impact supply chains.
Excellent Healthcare Logistics for Every Patient we Serve
As Asia-Pacific continues its rise as a global hub for biopharma manufacturing, clinical innovation and personalized medicine, CEVA’s healthcare network is built to maintain its standards in precision, compliance and compassion — ensuring every shipment is handled with the understanding that it impacts a patient’s life.
Through patient-centric operations, deep regulatory expertise, digital visibility and sustainable solutions, CEVA Logistics is helping healthcare companies deliver life-saving therapies with precision and purpose. Every shipment, every pathway, every intervention reflects the same belief: the work we do touches patients’ lives, and that responsibility guides everything.
