A humanitarian corridor through Belarus for the export of grains from Ukraine to Baltic seaports as Klapeida is a realistic option that is currently being discussed, according to Lithuanian Transport and Communications Minister Marius Skuodis....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
EVENTAlmost a month is left until the first edition of the RailFreight On Tour concept kicks off. The Lithuanian Edition takes place in Vilnius on 14 and 15 June. What should you expect from it,...Read more
Lithuanian Railways are forced to release around 2,000 employees in an attempt to cope with the increasing financial losses. The company has consulted with employee representatives and will proceed to their release in a controlled...Read more
Lithuanian Railways will receive 155 million euros from the government to compensate for the financial losses due to the sanctions and support ongoing infrastructure projects. The Lithuanian Finance minister Gintare Skaiste announced the measures during...Read more
The Lithuanian government will allocate 20 million euros to railway manager LTG Infra. Due to the sanctions against Russia, fewer goods are transported through Lithuania, resulting in lower income for rail infrastructure manager LTG.Read more
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
Lithuanian Railways are starting the process to select a new CEO. In December 2021, the former CEO Mantas Bartuškas resigned from his position, and the company did an interim internal restructuring to keep running efficiently.Read more
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
As Belarus has banned trains from Lithuania carrying fertilisers and oil products from crossing its territory, Lithuania is scrambling to find new routes for its Belarus-bound freight. Lithuanian operator LTG says Poland and Latvia are...Read more
LTG Cargo Ukraine, the Ukrainian subsidiary of LTG Cargo (Lithuanian Railways), has started providing freight forwarding services. The company established a year ago is now able to transport cargo to and from Ukraine to Lithuania...Read more
Transit traffic through Ukraine to and from the Polish border will be resumed. That was the biggest news of this week, although an official date for the reopening of this route is yet to be...Read more
The Belarussian government is ready to respond to Lithuania’s ban on transporting Belarusian potash fertilisers through its territory. The “harsh response measures”, as Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko described them, could see the ban...Read more
UPDATEAfter terminating the contract with Belarusian potash fertiliser company Belaruskalij, Lithuanian Railways rejected the requests of three more Belarusian companies to transport their products. At the same time, a fourth request is pending. The decision...Read more
The port of Klaipeda, the Lithuanian gateway to the Baltic Sea, will acquire a new railway track. LTG Infra plans to build a one-kilometre access railway to facilitate transport to and from an oil refining...Read more
The Polish subsidiary of LTG Cargo acquired four new locomotives that will help it undertake rail freight operations in Poland. The locomotives belong to the Gama 111Ed locomotives with the Marathon operating system, manufactured by...Read more
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
The new US sanctions on Belarus have led to fierce discussions about the rail transport of Belarusian potash fertilisers, which has until now continued after 8 December, when the sanctions went into effect. The sanctions...Read more
