LTG Cargo leverages RCP to navigate a new reality and drive efficiency
As European rail networks have faced unprecedented disruption in recent years, the ability to innovate has become increasingly important to meet changing market dynamics. Over the last four years, LTG Cargo, the freight transportation company...Read more
LTG Cargo suspends luxury cars re-export amid fear of sanction violation
Lithuania’s national rail freight company LTG Cargo will stop re-exporting luxury cars to third countries from 1 December. From now until then, these services will be subject to enhanced checks. The decision was taken among...Read more
LTG Cargo sets foundations for expansion in Estonia and Latvia
Lithuania-based LTG Cargo is taking steps to begin operations in neighbouring states Estonia and Latvia. The company is in the process of obtaining carrier safety certificates in the two countries. The Lithuanian state-owned carrier made...Read more
Project for key Rail Baltica freight node in Lithuania is approved
The Lithuanian Ministry of Transport approved a project for the development of the Rail Baltica network in the Panevėžys area, in northern Lithuania. Concerning rail freight, the decision was to build a new hub to...Read more
Ukraine and Lithuania to start Kyiv-Kaunas rail freight tests
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) said it will launch rail freight transportation tests between Kyiv and Kaunas, in Lithuania. The initiative will start next week and is part of the framework of cooperation between UZ and the...Read more
Fluctuating Baltic rail freight figures reflect challenging transition
Cargo transported by rail in the three Baltic countries–Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, has noted fluctuations in the years following 2018. The significant losses of transit traffic, mostly on the east-west axis, have impacted rail freight...Read more
Ukrainian Railways exceeds financial expectations for 2023
Ukrainian Railways exceeded financial expectations for 2023 by breaking even against all odds. The initial estimation of the company talked about around 20 billion UAH (515 million euros) of losses this year. However, currently, there...Read more
Ukrainian Railways’ Chairman gets real about cooperation with Baltics
The rail cooperation between Ukraine and the Baltic countries “is a rather complex and long-term project”, said Evgeny Lyashchenko, Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian Railways (UZ). One of the fundamental points, he said, is...Read more
‘The Baltic route can be a good solution for Ukrainian grain exports’
Ukrainian grain exports are currently running smoothly also via rail. Congestion is at normal levels; however, in two-three weeks, the new peak export season will be here after the summer harvest. Ukraine’s options for transporting...Read more
Candidates line up as EU searches Ukrainian grain export solutions
Several countries attempt to get into the game of exporting Ukrainian grain after Russia withdrew from the Grain Deal. Lithuanian Ministers sent a joint letter to the EU Commission requesting assistance in establishing a rail...Read moreLTG Cargo: ‘Expanding to more European countries is in our plans’
INTERVIEWAfter a couple of rough years, LTG Cargo is gradually getting out of the storm and sailing in calmer waters. The Lithuanian company sees its new services gaining traction and stabilising in the market. For...Read more
LTG Cargo to buy electric locomotives for the first time ever
LTG Cargo, Lithuania’s national rail freight company, will invest around 100 million euros to purchase electric locomotives to use on the country’s rail network equipped with standard gauge. This will be the first time that...Read more
Kaliningrad sees a 37.2% drop in rail volumes for the first half of 2023
Kaliningrad Railway (KZD), an RZD subsidiary, experienced a 37.2 per cent drop in freight volumes loading for the first half of 2023. Between January-June, the company loaded 955.700 tonnes of cargo on its trains. The...Read more
Middle Corridor volumes double and keep growing
Cargo volume transited via the Middle Corridor doubled last year, with an estimated amount of 1,7 million tons. Furthermore, for the first five months of this year, cargo traffic via the Middle Corridor has increased...Read more
Ukraine joins Lithuanian Free Rail programme
Ukrainian Railways agree to cooperate with Lithuanian Railways (LTG) to join the Free Rail programme initiated by LTG. This Free Rail program will connect the Baltic region with a standardised railway network, ranging from technical...Read more
Samskip and LTG launch regular intermodal Duisburg-Kaunas service
After a successful testing period, Samskip and LTG cargo are launching a regular intermodal service linking the Kaunas intermodal terminal with the Ziel Terminal in the Logport III area of duisport. The service will run...Read moreLTG Infra to build dual-purpose rail facility for military transport
Lithuanian infrastructure manager LTG Infra has launched a tender for the design of a new loading yard for military and civilian mobility in Kaunas. “We aim to contribute to ensuring military mobility in Lithuania by...Read more
LTG Cargo rejects hundreds of transport requests to block Belarusian cargo
During March, LTG Cargo rejected 506 rail transport applications. Most of them (258) came from neighbouring Belarus and involved, among others, state-controlled companies which attempted to forward their cargo via Lithuania’s rail network and ports.Read more
Fesco bypasses Lithuania with St. Petersburg-Kaliningrad sea services
Russian intermodal company Fesco has recently launched new sea services between St.Petersburg and Kaliningrad that allows them to avoid crossing Lithuania by rail. LTG Cargo, the freight subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, has in fact decided...Read more