Future Logistics Today

June 2017

FUTURE LOGISTICS TODAY

ELECTRONIC JOURNAL

1 CONTENTS

Introductory Word ...... 3 Results of the Activities of Lithuanian Railways (January–May 2017) ...... 4 First Train from China Arrived in Šeštokai ...... 6 Rental of Freight Wagons – in Auction ...... 7 News from an Exhibition in Germany ...... 8 Meeting with Kaliningrad Railways ...... 10 Simplified Carriage of Cargo Wagons Between Lithuania and Belarus ...... 12 Development of an LNG Powered Locomotive ...... 13 Lithuanian Railways is the Company that Creates the Most Value-added Products ...... 14 Development of Joint Projects with China Merchant Group ...... 15 Negotiations concerning the Transit of Container Trains ...... 16 Strengthening Business Ties with Klaipėda and Logistics Companies in Austria ...... 17 Transportation Geography of Lithuanian Railways ...... 18 Services of Mobile Loading Brigades and Depots ...... 20 Intermodal terminals ...... 22 Services of LG Ekspedicija ...... 24 Contacts...... 25

2 Egidijus Lazauskas Director of Cargo Transportation Directorate

Lithuanian Railways transported 20.07 million tons of cargo from January to May this year, which is 3.1 percent more, compared to the same period of 2016. In May, Lithuanian Railways carried 4.37 million tons of various cargo. This is the highest number of a single month throughout this and last year. In comparison to May of 2016, there was an increase of 3.9 percent.

We have an ambitious long-term goal of being among the five largest carriers in the European Union. This year’s cargo amount is steadily rising which is a good sign indicating that we have chosen the right path and that we have potential. I believe that we will continue to grow, and together with our team and partners, achieve the goal of being among the largest carriers.

At the beginning of June, the first fully loaded train from China arrived at Šeštokai Railway Station, which transported cargo via Lithuania to Germany and France. It seems that dozens of summits, several years of intensive work on logistics challenges have brought some real results. We aim to show the Chinese that if they see their way to Europe through Poland, they should also turn their attention to the way through Lithuania, where we can offer a number of logistical improvements. For example, when travelling across the Belarusian – Polish border, documents need to be processed on both sides and it takes a considerable amount of time, while in the case of choosing Lithuania, it must be done on one side only, in Šeštokai. We can offer a quick procedure.

We have had good experience with Belarusian Railways. The first loaded wagons, that had cargo documents processed electronically, crossed the Lithuanian–Belarusian border this year.

Cargo from China and Asia can be transported not only via Šeštokai, but also via Klaipėda port and Kaliningrad.

3 RESULTS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF LITHUANIAN RAILWAYS (JANUARY–MAY 2017)

2016 HAS ALREADY BEEN OVERTAKEN BY 0.6 MILLION TONS OF CARGO

From January to May of 2017, Lithuanian Railways had trans- Freight transport results ported 20.07 million tons of (millions of tons) cargo. It is 600 thousand tons more than at the same period of Change +3,1 % last year. “At this stage, we are satisfied with the 19,46 2016 01-05 month results. In May alone, the amount of loaded cargo hit the record of the last two years. 2017 01-05 month Lithuanian Railways transported 4.37 million 20,07 tons of various cargo in May of this year, which is the highest amount of a single month

4 throughout this and the last years. Comparing increase of the transit cargo flow through the territory of Lithuania. it to May of 2016, this year 3.9 percent more cargo was transported. The total amount of import dropped by 2.8 percent over the five months, but in May it abruptly increased by 4.5 percent, exceeding the We have an ambitious long-term goal of being numbers of May of 2016. This indication gives hope that by the end of among the five largest cargo carriers in the the year the import (which decreased last year due to the drop in oil European Union. We are already eighth in the and oil product shipments) will also increase. list but the cargo amount is steadily rising, so I believe that our goal is near if we keep the The amount of cargo transported by local routes hardly changed and team as is”, E. Lazauskas expects. reached 5.69 million tons this year, which is 0.5 percent less than last year.

Company’s results have been improved mostly by cargo transportation on international routes: during the first five months of this Freight transport by direction year, 14.38 million tons have already been (January to May 2016–2017, millions of tons) transported, which is 4.6 percent more than the last year during the same period. Freight transport from Lithuania (export) 1,79 2017 01-05 month +25.2 % 2016 01-05 month From January to May of 2017, compared with the 1,43 same period of the year of 2016, the amount of Freight transit via Lithuania exported goods increased the most – by 25.2 +13,5 % 4,33 percent. The amount of cargo transported by 3,81 transit has also increased by 13.5 percent. Local freight transport The amount of exported goods increased 5,69 -0,5 % 5,72 mostly due to the growth of food products, chemicals, animal origin or other types of Freight transport to Lithuania (import) cargo shipments. The transit cargo was 8,27 -2,8 % dominated by solid mineral fuel, mineral and 8,50 oil products. The growth of these goods was the main aspect that affected the overall

Freight transport dynamics (January to May 2016–2017, millions of tons) 4,36 4,29 4,2 4,13 4,02 4,02 4,04 3,91 3,94 3,96 3,89 3,87 3,84 3,83 3,81 3,76 3,34

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5 RUSSIA LITHUANIA GERMANY CHINA, FRANCE, KORLA BAYONNE KAZAKHSTAN BELARUS POLAND

LITHUANIA KLAIPEDA KAUNAS KALININGRAD SESTOKAI RULAND DOSTYK

BAYONNE KINIJA KORLA

FIRST TRAIN FROM CHINA ARRIVED IN ŠEŠTOKAI

At the beginning of June, the first fully loaded train from China arrived in Lithuania, which was then loaded from Šeštokai cargo terminal onto the European rails and departed for Germany.

“Up until now, only individual wagons reached Lithuania from companies. We believe that aſter seeing how we work, more China, while this is the first full train. We hope that by the end of the and more people will be able to transport goods quickly and year about 20 such trains will transit through Lithuania and we are securely through Lithuania with our help”, G. Bakanas says. doing our best to make Lithuania one of the most important transit routes from China to the Western Europe”, Gerimantas Bakanas, The train from China reached Lithuania in 9 days. The trip to deputy director of Lithuanian Railways, states. German lasted another 3 days. By comparison, sea freight from China to Western Europe takes more than a month. Although many companies are trying to become transit partners with China, the strengths of Lithuanian Railways are an extremely The train carrying 82 containers from China was transporting quick handling of documents, cargo reloading, other good quality chemicals to Germany and France. The transit of the train via services and, of course, a great deal of teamwork. Šeštokai Station was organized by Lithuanian Railways in cooperation with the Chinese Railways, Kazakhstan’s KTZ “The competition is huge. We have been working for a few Ekspress, Hupac group Russia’s Intermodal Express, Lithuanian years in order to attract the first train, and we have presented Railways Logistics and DB Cargo in Germany. our capabilities to various Chinese and international logistics

6 LIANYUNGANG XIANYANG

CHONGQINGRENTAL FREIGHT WAGONS – IN AUCTION

In order to ensure transparency of activities and equal opportunities for all customers, the Lithuanian Railways Freight Transportation Directorate began to publish public auctions in which it is proposed to rent out rolling stocks.

“While assessing changes in the market for freight wagons, A public auction for rental grain transports was organized for their demand, proposals for other wagon owners, as well as the 2016–2017 season. Four auctions for the highly demanded trying to optimize and equalize opportunities to use our own semi-trailers were organized in 2017. During that time, 1/3 of assets, we started to organize larger scale public auctions of their total quantity was rented out. In addition to that, public freight wagons from 2017 onwards. We see that this brings auctions for coated tank wagons, flat wagons that were tangible results – we received 0.7 million euros in revenue for modernized and adapted for the transportation of wood, as the wagon rent in January–April this year”, Egidijus Lazaus- well as for freight wagons for the transportation of refrigerat- kas, head of the Freight Transportation Directorate, says. ed goods, consisting of refuelling containers for modernized flat wagons and diesel generator wagons with servicing Public freight wagon rental auctions provide transparent brigade, were also organized. opportunities and equal rights for entities registered in both Lithuania and other foreign countries, performing rail trans- Public auctions of freight wagons are also planned for the port activities, to temporarily manage the assets (freight future. Notices and information about these public auctions are wagons) of Lithuanian Railways for their own needs by renting published on Lithuanian Railways website www.litrail.lt and them. This helps in solving the problem of wagon deficiency. distributed by other means of communication and information.

7 IMPORTANT AGREEMENTS WITH EUROPE AN LOGISTICS COMPANIES IN AN EXHIBITION IN GERMANY

On May 9–12, Lithuanian Railways participated in the Global Logistics Exhibition in Munich (Germany). During the international exhibition, important cooperation agreements were signed and contacts with the largest European and Asian logistics companies were established.

Agreements Established the Cooperation lic. Annual turnover of cargo transportation is more than 60 million tons. According to this indicator, the company is among the 5 “The meetings held in the exhibition and signed agreements largest railway transport service providers in the European Union. should give real and tangible results in the near future. Agree- ments with partners will help us to make more use of the Rail Lithuanian Railways started a partnership with Hupac in 2012, Baltica track and diversify our portfolio of services”, says when the container train Šeštokai Express, which runs from Mantas Bartuška, CEO of Lithuanian Railways. Poland to Russia and Kazakhstan via the Šeštokai railway station, was launched jointly. This train has already transport- Cooperation agreements were signed with ČD Cargo, the Czech ed more than 14 thousand TEU (twenty-foot container). This national carrier, one of the largest Polish logistics groups OT year, 15 percent more containers were transported by this train Logistics and one of the largest intermodal train operators in compared to the last year. An intermodal train from China to Europe Hupac Intermodal. Europe via Šeštokai, as well as shipments from the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal to Italy, were successfully transported in ČD Cargo is the largest provider of rail services in the Czech Repub- cooperation with Hupac.

8 OT Logistics is a well-known logistics holding company “We see prospects for developing cooperation with operating for over 70 years and providing transportation, Lithuanian Railways, which operates not only as a carrier forwarding and logistics services. or operator, but also have its fleet of vehicles, infrastruc- ture and experience”, DB Cargo AG chairman of the board, Closer Relations with DB Cargo Dr. Jürgen Wilder, said. DB Cargo AG (formerly known as DB Schenker Rail) is the During the exhibition, M. Bartuška, head of Lithuanian largest rail freight operator in Europe with more than Railways, met the member of the DB Cargo Board of Directors 30,000 employees. Over a year, the company transports of the largest rail freight operator in Europe, Dr. Jürgen about 300 million tons of cargo. The DB Cargo AG fleet Wilder, for the first time. consists of more than 87 thousand wagons and almost 3 thousand locomotives. During the meeting, the main focus was on cooperation opportunities, the Rail Baltica project and the organization of The heads of Lithuanian Railways also met with leaders of container trains between Europe and China via Lithuania. Rail Cargo Austria, Fowardis, TX Logistik, CFL Intermodal There were talks about other potential future joint projects. and other international companies that play a particularly One of the most important projects is the planned fertilizer important role in Western European logistics schemes. shipment from Lithuania to Poland, the Czech Republic and Both ongoing and possible new projects for the transpor- Germany. Another potential type of cargo is liquid cargo, tation of goods through the territory of Lithuania were which is currently being transferred from railway tanks onto discussed during the meeting. land vehicles in Lithuania and then is transported to Poland.

9 TRANSIT TO KALININGRAD REGION IN RUSSIA: EXPECTED GROWTH

On March 17th, 2017, the leaders of the Lithuanian Railways and Kaliningrad Railways had a meeting in Kaliningrad and discussed last year’s results and plans for an increased cooperation. One of the largest planned projects is the route to Kaliningrad Region from South Korea.

“For the Lithuanian Railways, the Kaliningrad Region is South–East Asia to Kaliningrad via Belarus and Lithuania. The considered to be one of the most important destinations for planned route is a railway route from South Korea to the any existing and new cargo. Despite the fact that the cargo Kaliningrad region, which can be traversed by rail within 12 amount has been decreasing earlier, the results are fortunate days. At present, the cargo usually is transported by sea, and now. From January to May 2017, transit to Kaliningrad via the trip takes 45 days. Lithuania has increased by 14 percent. I believe that not all opportunities have been used up yet”, Mantas Bartuška, CEO The transportation of transit cargo and the possibilities for of Lithuanian Railways said. increasing it were also discussed in the meeting. A pilot project was also discussed: container transportation on the The main focus was put on new opportunities in the field of Kaliningrad–Vilnius–Minsk–Central Russia route. transport and logistics, as well as the creation of competitive conditions for shippers, so that even more freight travelling to During the meeting, M. Bartuška and Viktor Golomolzin, head the Kaliningrad Region could be moved from ships to wagons. of Kaliningrad Railways, signed a protocol on further cooperation. The next meeting and the discussion of the One of the most promising projects that were discussed interim results is scheduled to take place in the second half during the meeting is the carriage of car parts from of this year in Vilnius.

10 ORDERING SERVICES WITH A PHONE CALL www.litrail.lt

12 11 LATVIA

NUMBER OF WAGONS %

EMPTY WAGONS

LOADED AND EMPTY 77% WAGONS 81% WITH AN ELECTRONIC 19% SIGNATURE RUSSIA 92% WITH PAPER DOCUMENTS 8% POLAND BELARUS

SIMPLIFIED CARRIAGE OF CARGO WAGONS BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND BELARUS

Lithuanian Railways in cooperation with Belarus railways and representatives of the customs department launched carriages of cargo wagons between Lithuania and Belarus while using the electronic SMGS consignment notes, signed with e-signature.

The first cargo wagons loaded while using the electronic two countries will continue helping cargo transportation be SMGS consignment notes were brought to Lithuania from more transparent, easy and efficient. Empty wagons could Belarus rail station Centrolit in April 2017. have been transported using electronic SMGS consignment notes from 2015. 92 percent of rail carriages, which travel Head of department of IT division of Freight Directorate Darius between Lithuania and Belarus, were transported using this Pranka noted, that a very important step towards repudiating particular simplified method. Therefore we hope that an paper documents, and other processes linked to them, had opportunity to transport loaded carriages while using been taken. electronic documents will be convenient for our customers”, D. Pranka said. According to D. Pranka, this step was also a historical one as the very first loaded cargo carriages were freighted between Lithuanian Railways started using electronic consignment European Union and CIS countries while using electronic notes with e-signature since 2015 while organizing version of SMGS consignment notes. They were signed with a international rail freightage. In the beginning, a mutual qualifying electronic signature and without printing out paper electronic exchange of consignment notes for empty versions of the consignment notes. wagons and containers was administered. It was based on the international contracts and paper print outs of the “We hope that information technology and teamwork between documents were not used.

12 DEVELOPMENT OF AN LNG POWERED LOCOMOTIVE

On March 30th, 2017 in Klaipėda CEO of Lithuanian Railways Mantas Bartuška signed an agreement regarding the development of an LNG powered locomotive. This innovative project will grant more possibilities to use a cleaner fuel and will allow to reduce its consumption.

LNG locomotive prototype will be developed by LNG cluster in order to achieve a more rapid development of the LNG members and partners – Lithuanian Railways, Klaipėda infrastructure and utilization of this fuel. stevedoring company BEGA, Klaipėdos naſta, Vilnius Gedimi- nas Technical University, and Klaipėda University, who will The LNG powered locomotive is intended to be used in the use and integrate their existing experience. In Klaipėda, the inland port territory of the loading terminals for logistics of heads of these organizations signed a contract stating their cargo wagons. It will ply from Draugystė railway station to obligation to appoint the best professionals and sources for the port’s stevedoring companies. The distance might be the development of the LNG powered locomotive. expanded in the future.

The CEO of Lithuanian Railways and chairman of the LNG The benefit of this innovative technical decision for the society cluster board M. Bartuška states that integrating human and is very obvious – LNG has no sulphur nor nitrogen oxides; financial resources, professional knowledge, and experience while burning it does not form any particulate matter, which of science and business will help to create the best conditions is the main cause of smog. The LNG powered locomotive will for using a cleaner energy in railways transport. This allows allow to considerably reduce the consumption of fuel and us to speak about the cluster potential and the innovation, as expenses. The implementation of this project should help to well as competitiveness of the products in development. reduce the power resources by 40 percent. The new project was initiated by the members of the cluster

13 GINČAS SU „ORLEN LIETUVA“ BAIGĖSI PARTNERYSTĖS SUSITARIMU

Birželio 28 d. „Lietuvos geležinkelių" generalinis direktorius Mantas Bartuška ir Lenkijos naſtos koncerno „Orlen" valdomos bendrovės „Orlen Lietuva" vadovas Ireneusz Fąfara pasir- ašė partnerystės susitarimą, kuris galios iki 2024 metų.

„Lietuvos geležinkeliai" su svarbiausiu savo klientu susitarė alinis direktorius M. Bartuška.„Orlen Lietuva" praėjusiais metais dėl abi puses tenkinančių bendradarbiavimo sąlygų bei geležinkeliu vežė 9,21 mln. tonų produkcijos. konkurencingų tarifų. Abi bendrovės taip pat sutarė nutraukti ginčus teismuose. „Lietuvos geležinkeliai" ir „Orlen Lietuva" ginčijosi dėl 2009 metais pasirašytos krovinių vežimo sutarties, kuri galioja iki 2024 metų. Ne vienerius metus trukęs ginčas dėl krovinių vežimo sąlygų, Tuometinei Vyriausybei nustačius infrastruktūros rinkliavų už pasibaigęs kompromisiniu susitarimu, verčia naują „Lietuvos naudojimąsi geležinkelių infrastruktūra skaičiavimo metodiką, nuo geležinkelių" bendradarbiavimo su „Orlen Lietuva" puslapį, 2014 metų padidėjo vežėjo sąnaudos gabenant naſtos produktus. kuriame abi įmonės yra partnerės, o ne oponentės. Todėl „Lietuvos geležinkeliai" padidino bendrovei „Orlen Lietuva" krovinių vežimui taikomą tarifą. „Taikiai išspręstas ginčas suteikia puikų pagrindą plėsti bendradar- biavimą su svarbiausiu mūsų partneriu. Norėtume plėsti teikiamų „Orlen Lietuva" kitaip traktavo pasikeitusią tvarką, todėl su paslaugų skaičių, papildant jį vagonų nuoma, krovinių ekspedijavi- sprendimu padidinti tarifą nesutiko. Nepavykus susitarti, abi mu kitų šalių teritorijomis. Grįžus prie normalių verslo santykių, įmonės savo interesus gynė teismuose. Šiandien bendrovių atsiranda galimybė plėsti bendradarbiavimą ir su kitomis „PKN vadovų pasirašytu susitarimu patvirtintos abiem pusėms priim- Orlen" grupės įmonėmis", – teigia „Lietuvos geležinkelių" gener- tinos sutarties sąlygos.

14 “THE GREAT STONE” CUSTOMERS WILL BE OFFERED LITHUANIAN SERVICES

On April 11th, 2017, at the meeting between Lithuanian Railways and representatives of China Merchant Group, it was decided to continue cooperation and to develop joint projects.

The heads of the Lithuanian Railways emphasized that the Bilateral meetings and further negotiations will be further cooperation with one of the largest state-owned corporations in organized on these and other issues. China is very important for the company. Joint solutions for transport and logistics will continue to be sought, an efficient China Merchants Group is currently realizing a 300-mil- connection between Vilnius and Kaunas intermodal terminals and lion-dollar value project in Belarus. The Chinese company is the logistics park “The Great Stone” in Belarus will be pursued. developing a giant industrial park “The Great Stone” near the Minsk airport. It is expected that active cooperation between Representatives of China Merchant Logistics have stated that Lithuania and Belarus in the implementation of large-scale they are ready to offer Lithuanian Railways transport and projects with the Chinese partners will secure a significant expedition services to the clients of “The Great Stone” place in the New Silk Road chain for both countries. logistics park. Possibilities of jointly organizing container transportation by rail in the Baltic region and the provision of other necessary transport and logistics services in the region were also discussed.

15 THE CHINESE ARE INTERESTED IN THE ROUTE TO KLAIPĖDA

On April 19th, representatives of Lithuanian Railways met with their Chinese colleagues from a transport and logistics company YuXiNou, who are responsible for the organization concerning container trains on the China–Europe route.

The meeting presented possibilities of Lithuanian Railways to port and thus to reach potential customers more quickly and serve containerized trains coming both from China and efficiently in the Scandinavian markets. Europe, acquainted everyone with the railway infrastructure capabilities, introduced the work of container terminals in It was noted that the intermodal terminals of Lithuanian Vilnius, Kaunas and Šeštokai railway station, and presented Railways are not only in good geographical location – in close the necessary procedures for the acceptance and transfer of proximity to other transport links (highways, Kaunas these trains. Lithuanian Railways is ready to offer its potential intermodal terminal near the international airport), but can partners a fast, competitive price and a reliable container also perform the role of container train distribution by service to Europe. organizing part of the transportation traffic for Western Europe, via Poland, and for Scandinavia via Klaipėda port. Representatives of the Chinese company were also interested in the possibilities to transport container cargo via Klaipėda

16 DEVELOPING COOPERATION WITH AUSTRIA On April 6th, 2017, the delegation, headed by the chief executive officer of Lithuanian Railways Mantas Bartuška, met in Vienna with the repre- sentatives of the international logistics company Gebrüder Weiss. According to Austrian company’s STRENGTHENING BUSINESS RELATIONS spokesman Dieter Buchinger, cooperation with WITH KLAIPĖDA LOGISTICS COMPANIES Lithuanian Railways will open new opportunities up as the company’s customers are constantly The representatives of Lithuanian Railways and the looking for innovative logistics solutions. Lithuanian Stevedoring Companies Association, An increased cooperation in shaping the flow of cargo through Klaipėdos naſta and the largest Klaipėda forwarding the Šeštokai railway station was discussed in the meeting. companies met in Klaipėda on March 30th. Future There were talks about container transportation via Klaipėda perspectives, efficiency and competitiveness issues port to Russia and Central Asia. The transport of heavy were discussed during the meeting agricultural machinery by rail to Central Asia was named as one of the most realistic and near-term projects. “We are working to increase the amount of cargo transportation in the direction of Klaipėda port. We are looking for new cargo flows According to M. Bartuška, the head of Lithuanian Railways, and, in addition to that, new transport and logistics project the company consistently continues cargo transportation in opportunities. At the meeting we also talked about the unification the direction of Western Europe, taking advantage of the of a single tariff in Lithuania”, Egidijus Lazauskas, director of the country’s transport infrastructure and the advantages of Freight Transportation Directorate, stated. Klaipėda port. Cooperation with the Austrian company will allow a wider range of freight transportation services to be The port, stevedoring companies and railways are very closely offered to the potential customers and will help attract new connected with the transport and logistics system. Throughout customers who generate additional freight flows. the last year, 47.6 million tons of cargo were transported by Lithuanian Railways of which even 55 percent were transport- “Lithuanian Railways” and�Gebrüder Weiss cooperate through ed in the direction of Klaipėda port. Different types of cargo a subsidiary company in Turkey Gebrüder Weiss Nakliye ve are transported to Klaipėda port by rail. The major part Loj. Hizm. Tic. Ltd. Şti. Gebrüder Weiss is one of the leading consists of fertilizers, oil and petroleum products, metals, transport companies in Europe, founded in 1823. The compa- chemical products, vegetable and food products, mineral ny’s turnover is about 1.2 billion euros per year (from 2012). products, timber, containerized cargo and oversized cargo.

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19 MOBILE LOADING/ UNLOADING TEAMS

In the nearest future, customers of the Freight Transportation Directorate of Lithuanian Railways will be able to avail of the services of mobile loading/unloading teams. ‘We used to receive numerous customer requests to help them to deliver their freights to or from a railway station, appropriately pack freights, and solve other issues. With consideration to this, we will start providing a new service,’ explained the reason for the appearance of mobile loading/

Mobile loading/unloading teams will assist customers not only in transporting freights but also in appropriately packing and fastening freights and in solving issues connected with the transportation of large dimension freights. These services will be provided throughout the Lithuanian territory.

Services of mobile loading/unloading teams: • Transportation of freights to/from railway stations • Loading/unloading of freights • Planning of transportation of large-dimension freights • Fastening of freights for transportation

For more information, please call: +370 5 202 1555

20 DEPOT SERVICES

Lithuanian Railways has several locomotive and rolling stock depots, where maintenance and repair services for the production of locomotives and road equipment and for the repair and upgrade of rolling stock.

• Production of new locomotives, road equipment and platforms • Major and current repair of locomotives and wagons • Maintenance of locomotives and wagons Tel. +370 422 20 209 Fax +370 422 20 306

JSC Vilnius Locomotive Repair Depot Švitrigailos Str. 39/16, 03209 Vilnius Puškino Str. 1, 82124 Radviliškis Tel. +370 5 269 2035 Tel. +370 422 20 407 Fax +370 5 269 2340 Fax +370 422 20 141

21 INTERMODAL TERMINALS

provide not only traditional loading and unloading services but also the services of handling of customs and accounting documents and other logistics and warehousing services.

Loading of containers onto rail platforms and semi-trailers • Servicing of sea, tank and refrigerator containers • Free storage of containers for up to 45 days • Customs services (type A open customs warehouse) • Filling out and registration of documents by means of the electronic data management system e.Krovinys • Services of the State Plant Service and the State Food and Veterinary Service • Direct loading of containers from/to platforms for 1,435 mm and 1,520 mm rails (KIT and Šeštokai only)

22 VIT is situated next to Lithuania’s largest sorting railway station, Vaidotai, and Vilnius southern bypass. Thanks to the convenient geographical location, freights can be delivered easily and

year.

KIT is established in the territory of Palemonas and boasts a well developed railway infrastructure and convenient

and IX transport corridors and Kaunas International Airport, are located nearby. Furthermore, KIT is at a reasonable distance from Klaipėda and Kaliningrad seaports, which open roads to the markets of Western and Eastern Europe and CIS countries. At KIT, freights are handled by combining railway and road

freights per year.

ŠEŠTOKAI INTERMODAL TERMINAL

Šeštokai railway station is a place of intersection of rails of two

infrastructure for organising intermodal transportations. The railway station is provided with container cranes and other

23 SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF LG EKSPEDICIJA

If your freight must cross national borders and if your route covers not only railway transport but also requires air, sea or road transport, LG Ekspedicija is

Out customer freights cross the EU border in 30 minutes.

Services of LG Ekspedicija: • Development of the technological process for transporting freights using

• Transportation of freights by railway, sea, air and road transport • Organisation of wagon administration services

services LG Ekspedicija Tel. +370 5 269 3234

24 LET’S MEET!

CONTACT INFORMATION

Lithuanian Railways Freight Transportation Directorate

Mindaugo g. 12, Vilnius LT-03603, Lietuva

Теl.: +370 5 202 1515 Faks.: +370 5 269 2719 Email address: [email protected] www.cargo.litrail.lt

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