LTG Cargo tests Kaunas-Duisburg-Trieste service
LTG Cargo carried out the first test run of their new rail freight service between the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal and the port of Trieste via Duisburg. The new service is expected to connect Lithuania with...Read more
From the Aegean Sea to Lithuania: is a North-South corridor for Ukraine in the making?
The possibility of a North-South European corridor connecting the Black and Aegean Seas with Lithuania might be closer than we think. Lithuania’s deputy transport minister Julius Skačkauskas and Polish transport minister Andrzej Adamczyk discussed how...Read moreMore trains to ship Ukrainian export products to Europe
More and more freight trains are up and running to transport export products from Ukraine to the rest of Europe. Rail is considered to be the most attractive solution to replace sea shipping, which is...Read more
LTG Cargo launches regular Kaunas-Duisburg connection in April
LTG Cargo will launch a new intermodal rail freight route connecting Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) with Duisburg. The service will commence on 4 April and will offer three weekly roundtrips. Semi-trailers and containers with various...Read more
New Kaunas – DCT Gdansk link strengthens Baltic flows
The recently established Kaunas intermodal terminal in Lithuania has a new connection. A train launched by the Lithuanian company Intermodal Container Service (ICS) connects it with the DCT Gdansk terminal. The first train arrived at...Read more
Girteka Logistics sees rail freight division doubling its numbers
Girteka Logistics, a traditionally road and truck logistics company, sees its rail freight division growing. The company’s intermodal activity increased significantly during 2021. With over 16,100 fully-loaded trailers travelling on rail tracks with Girteka, the...Read more
New director takes over LTG Cargo
After Egidijus Lazauskas, the former CEO of LTG Cargo, got appointed as the interim boss of Lithuanian Railways, a new face came to fill his position. Eglė Šimė is the temporary head of LTG Cargo,...Read more
How can Lithuania become the new rail freight hotspot?
There are many emerging rail freight markets currently, and Lithuania is among them. However, the Baltic country is making a difference. Its position, developing infrastructure and focus on rail freight could make it the new...Read more
China-Lithuania geopolitics hinder rail developments
The cease of rail freight operations between Lithuania and China has been on the headlines for days. The two sides contradict each other about the current state of their affairs, and the situation is still...Read more
First train from Tilburg inaugurates Kaunas Intermodal Terminal
Monday, 19 July, marks the day that the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) in Lithuania opened for commercial traffic as part of the Rail Baltica railway. The first train loaded with containers and semi-trailers arrived from...Read more
Tilburg to have railway link to Kaunas Intermodal Terminal
A new railway connection between Tilburg in the Netherlands and Kaunas in Lithuania is set to open next month. It will connect the GVT terminal in Tilburg with the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal, which was linked...Read more