Hyundai Glovis has secured new logistics contracts with Chinese EV and battery manufacturers, including sea transport of batteries from South China to Hungary, Spain, and Italy; KD parts shipments from East China to Slovenia and Croatia; and vehicle disassembly and rail transport to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Finished vehicle shipments via PCTC from China rose 93% — from 260,000 units in 2023 to 510,000 in 2025. The firm aims for 40 trillion won in revenue by 2030, prioritizing non-affiliate customer growth. It recently launched a dedicated high-and-heavy cargo unit to serve China’s industrial machinery export market.
According to indiashippingnews.com, Hyundai Glovis has secured multiple logistics contracts with Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturers and battery producers, expanding its non-affiliate revenue stream amid rapid growth in China-origin vehicle shipments.
End-to-end EV battery and component transport
Hyundai Glovis recently signed a transportation contract with a leading Chinese battery corporation to move electric-vehicle batteries by sea from the South China coast — referred to locally as Huanan — to automotive manufacturing hubs in Hungary, Spain, and Italy. The company had previously inked agreements for knockdown (KD) auto parts and press plant equipment bound for Eastern European factories of major Chinese EV makers. Under those contracts, Hyundai Glovis has been shipping finished auto parts and press plant equipment by sea since the first half of 2026 from ports in the East China region (Huadong) to Slovenia and Croatia, followed by overland trucking to final destinations.
A Hyundai Glovis official stated:
“We are providing shippers with a highly efficient logistics supply chain through ‘end-to-end’ services that are responsible for transportation from factories in China to factories in Eastern Europe.”
Vehicle disassembly, packaging, and Trans-China Railway shipments
The company also won a contract for vehicle disassembly and packaging work from a Chinese automaker. After taking delivery of finished vehicles produced in China, Hyundai Glovis conducts quality inspections in a warehouse, disassembles and packages units, loads them into containers, and transports them via the Trans-China Railway (TCR) to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. These operations leverage Hyundai Glovis’s integrated container forwarding system, which coordinates multimodal handoffs across its global logistics infrastructure.
In parallel, Hyundai Glovis is transporting finished vehicles for multiple Chinese automakers using pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs). According to the report, the volume of finished vehicles shipped by sea from China via PCTC rose about 93% over three years — from approximately 260,000 units in 2023 to roughly 510,000 units in 2025.
Strategic expansion of non-affiliate business
To support large-scale industrial cargo, Hyundai Glovis recently established a dedicated high-and-heavy cargo unit. The company highlighted China’s status as the world’s largest producer of construction equipment and industrial machinery, and plans to actively engage regional shippers to demonstrate its transport competitiveness. In June 2024, Hyundai Glovis announced a strategic target to achieve 40 trillion won in revenue by 2030, with explicit emphasis on growing non-affiliate customers while maintaining affiliate volume priorities.
A Hyundai Glovis official added:
“We will continue to expand logistics cooperation with mobility-related corporations around the world.”
Source: indiashippingnews.com
Compiled from international media by the SCI.AI editorial team.
