Lithuanian state-owned rail freight operator, LTG Cargo, recently started transporting petroleum products between Bugeniai, in Luthiania, and Valga, in Estonia. The initiative is another reflection of how operators in the Baltics are looking to diversify...Read more
Lithuanian rail operator LTG Cargo has run its first continuous pilot train across all Baltic countries. It is the company’s first independently run cargo train traversing all three Baltic states. As Baltic rail operators have...Read more
“We don’t have time to wait – we need to act now”. This is the message of Egle Sime, CEO of the Lithuanian operator LTG Cargo. In her view, it’s not only the EU that...Read more
Lithuanian rail freight operator LTG Cargo transported 27.2 million tonnes of freight in 2023. Total volumes exceeded expectations by 2.5 million tonnes. In the difficult business environment following sanctions on neighbouring Russia and Belarus, LTG...Read more
LTG Cargo will make the service linking Kaunas to Ukraine via Poland regular with one weekly trip. The situation on the Polish-Ukrainian border, with the border crossing blockades persisting for several weeks, is the main...Read more
Ukrainian Railways (UZ) and Lithuanian LTG Cargo have been testing the transport of semi-trailers on the Klaipeda-Kaunas-Kyiv line. “We can deliver semi-trailers with cargo three times faster than by road transport” said LTG Cargo’s CEO...Read more
Lithuanian state-owned LTG Cargo is on track to increase its fleet of grain cars. The company aims to purchase 500 new grain wagons that will be used to facilitate cereal transport to and from the...Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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, 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 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
Ermewa sealed the deal with LTG Cargo Polska for the provision of 40 Sgmmns container wagons. The wagons will be leased and are suitable for transporting 40-foot containers. They will be mainly used on the...Read more
LTG Cargo is making the Kaunas-Slawkow intermodal link between Lithuania-Poland regular with two weekly roundtrips. The company tested the route for six months and ran services on customer demand. With the service being regular from...Read more
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 more
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
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
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