ANALYSISLatvia and the Baltic States are among the hardest hit countries in terms of rail freight volume losses since the war in Ukraine started. Stranded in Europe’s northeast and on the border with Russia, Latvia...Read more
Cargo turnover at Latvian ports reached 23,58 million tonnes in the first half of 2022, an increase of 15,2 per cent compared to 2021 and equivalent to 3,1 million tonnes of cargo. This increase was...Read more
The situation in eastern Europe with the war waging in Ukraine could become the starting point for stronger cooperation between Poland and the Baltic states to establish international intermodal routes. “We should cooperate more,” said...Read more
The Amber Train service connecting the Baltic states with Scandinavia and Western Europe will revive soon with a more competitive profile. The Baltic railway companies involved in the project held a meeting to examine how...Read more
Latvia has suspended rail transport of military cargo from Belarus to its seaports. This was reported by the Lithuanian news website Delfi. The rail contract with Belarus does no longer comply with the legal norms...Read more
State-owned Estonian Railways (EVR) will need state funding to cover the losses from stopping the transit of Russian cargo. Despite last year’s growth in transported volumes, the company needs to cover 10 million euros of...Read more
Latvian Railways have released a long-term development strategy making clear that rail will be the backbone of the country’s transport sector. The Baltic country’s approach includes several projects; however, it does not leave much space...Read more
UPDATEUPDATE – The ban of Lithuanian Railways on transporting Belarusian fertilisers in compliance with US sanctions seems to spread like a virus in the Baltic countries. After Lithuania, Latvian companies also seem unwilling to undertake...Read more
The Latvian railway market is about to welcome the transport of semi-trailers. Until now, the country’s intermodal and combined transport sector did not include this concept. However, Latvian Railways (Latvijas Dzelzceļš) and Stena Line want...Read more
The Commission’s decision to fine Lithuanian Railways (LG) back in 2017 is correct. This is the verdict of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The fine was imposed to the rail operator with...Read more
Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos geležinkeliai) has established a separate company for its freight business. The new entity is called LG Cargo and is the largest rail freight operator in the Baltics. Lithuanian Railways will remain in...Read more
Belarusian Railway has implemented the electronic document in transit transportation of empty private freight wagons between Latvia and Russia via Belarus. The project allows for the use of digital documents with an electronic signature instead...Read more
A new rail freight service between the Latvian capital Riga and Xi’an in China was launched. The container train from Xi’an International Trade & Logistics Park arrived for the first time at the port of...Read more
National rail company Latvian Railways and its freight shipping subsidiary LDz Cargo are demanding more than 82 million Euros from national rail company Lithuanian Railways. The amount should compensate for the losses the Latvian companies...Read more
Latvia wants to strengthen its presence on the Eurasian rail freight market. High volumes of traffic on the Trans-Siberian route via Poland and Belarus form an opportunity for Latvia to provide an alternative transit to...Read more
Latvian Railways (LZD) has secured a twelve-year loan agreement with the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), valuing 22.8 million Euros. The state-owned rail company will use the loan to fund the modernisation of fourteen of its...Read more
The head of Kazakhstan’s national railways has outlined the country’s ‘great measures’ for revamping its transport and logistics infrastructure, as it looks to strengthen its position on the Trans-Eurasian rail freight routes.
Kanat Alpysbaev, Chair of...Read more
The European Union Agency for Railways’ (ERA) 6th Regional TAF TSI workshop in September will provide important new information on the Technical Specification for Interoperability relating to the Telematics Applications for Freight subsystem.
It is being...Read more
Latvia’s rail freight capability could be set to move to the next level with the roll-out of a nationwide electrification project linked to the European TEN-T Networks. It comes fresh on the back of the...Read more
