March 2017 TOMORROW S LOGISTICS TODAY ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE

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1 March 2017 TOMORROW S LOGISTICS TODAY ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE 1

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Managers of JSC Lithuanian Railways....4 The key to the company s success: to be one step ahead Ordering services with a single phone call Negotiations on transit from China being completed...12 Belarus: not all opportunities are availed of...13 Aiming at closer relations with LINEKA...14 Milano Express pricing detailed...15 DB Cargo and Eurosib trains expected...16 Key events of 2016 and Freight transportation geography and intermodal routes...18 Mobile loading/unloading teams...20 Depot services...21 Intermodal terminals...22 Services and opportunities of LG Ekspedicija...24 Fairs

4 MANAGERS OF JSC LITHUANIAN RAILWAYS Mantas Bartuška Director General at JSC Lithuanian Railways Lithuanian Railways must be a company we can justifiably be proud of; it must be an example of transparency and good practice. Gerimantas Bakanas Deputy Director General at JSC Lithuanian Railways A competent team, transparent processes and ongoing improvement are the key to the success of any company. Egidijus Lazauskas Deputy Director General at JSC Lithuanian Railways, Director of the Freight Transportation Directorate The shrinking global trade, the growing protectionism and the new political nuances do affect our operations and we will certainly encounter challenges. I am sure that we can successfully deal with them. 4

5 Andrius Montrimas Deputy Director General at JSC Lithuanian Railways, Director of the Railway Infrastructure Directorate We have a unique and well developed railway infrastructure, which is something that the neighbouring countries cannot boast, and we must avail of it. Alenas Gumuliauskas CFO at JSC Lithuanian Railways In 2016, we were the only Baltic railway company to have retained performance indicators unchanged, while the results of the other countries dropped. I am convinced that we will continue to remain the most attractive carrier in the region.. Linas Baužys Deputy Director General at JSC Lithuanian Railways, Director of the Passenger Transportation Directorate We will focus on the quality of our services, so that an increasing number of people, in particular families, choose trains as an attractive way of travelling. Mantas Dubauskas Communications Director at JSC Lithuanian Railways Lithuanian Railways must become an example of transparency and openness. I am sure that we can join our efforts and achieve this goal. << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 5

6 THE KEY TO THE COMPANY S SUCCESS: TO BE ONE STEP AHEAD The year 2017 has started with major changes for Lithuanian Railways: nearly all top managers of the company have changed. Does this also mean that changes in the operations of one of Lithuania s largest companies are inevitable? Egidijus Lazauskas, a new Deputy Director General at JSC Lithuanian Railways and the Director of the Freight Transportation Directorate of the company speaks about the challenges awaiting Lithuanian Railways. Perhaps the most important question that the company s partners and customers are asking after the changes in the management is what other changes are ahead. We are definitely not planning any revolutions. Lithuanian Railways is one of Lithuania s largest companies and is an enterprise with established processes, which means that any changes will be appropriately evaluated and weighted and appropriate preparatory work will be performed, so no unexpected novelties are going to occur. We will certainly do everything to make the company even more advanced, to make our operations more transparent and make our services even more attractive and convenient. In your opinion, what major challenges will Lithuanian Railways encounter in 2017? The geopolitical situation is fairly difficult: the shrinking global trade, the growing protectionism, the new political nuances after the US elections and the forthcoming European elections will affect our operations and we will certainly encounter challenges. But I am sure that we can successfully deal with them. The year 2016 was also rich in changes, but Lithuanian Railways has managed to retain stable freight transportation volumes, while the results of our Latvian and Estonian colleagues have decreased considerably. We are expecting an even fiercer competition this year, which means that retaining the same results won t be easy. Railway companies of the neighbouring countries are likely to seek to restore their freight transportation volumes at the expense of Lithuanian Railways, in particular as far as transportation from the largest Belarusian factories are concerned. Russia is already doing everything to transport its cargos through its own ports located in the vicinity of St Petersburg and in this manner outskirt the Kaliningrad port and avoid transit through the Lithuanian territory. We can see a consistent implementation of this strategy. For instance, the load of Ust-Luga port in 2010 was 11.7 million tonnes, while the load in 2016, according to preliminary data, is over 90 million tonnes. We expect to achieve good results this year. We transported 47.6 million tonnes of freight in 2016 and would like to increase this figure this year by at least 2 3%. Our goals are ambitious and we must therefore be at least one step ahead of our competitors. Do we, if compared to the neighbouring countries, have any competitive advantages that will enable us to retain our positions? The key to success of any company is to always be at least one step ahead of competitors. But that one step has a number of constituent parts. The main means to enable a company to be a successful competitor include a modern approach to the freight transportation business, a constant focus on customers, the high quality of services, investments in the railcar and locomotive fleet, implementation of the latest IT, and a transparent management. We are a company using world-class, integrated logistics solutions. A strategy oriented towards long-term results is one of the strengths of Lithuanian Railways. We want to and will ensure a long-term cooperation with our customers. 6

7 Lithuania is known as a transit country with old transport and logistics traditions. We are delighted with our close cooperation with Klaipėda seaport, which is the most northern ice-free port on the Baltic Sea. Klaipėda seaport is Lithuania s most important and largest transport hub, where sea, land and rail ways from the east and west intersect. Expertise, reliability, safety and high quality services are among the key advantages of Lithuanian Railways. We are experienced in transporting both large and small freights. We plan to continue to expand the geography of our transportations. We will also consider the future trends in the field of logistics and expand our intermodal and multimodal transportations as they enable us to offer customers safe, regular, more environmentally-friendly and quick transportations. We have new, modern intermodal terminals in Vilnius and Kaunas, which are intended for integrating different types of transport. These terminals enable us to increase freight mobility, ensure an efficient use of transport, improve the quality of freight transportation and customs services, cut freight transportation costs, and cooperate with companies from different industries. We should not forget about the unique railway station in Šeštokai, where rails of two standards 1,435 mm and 1,520 mm connect, which makes this town a key transit point between the Baltic States and western EU countries. We should also mention that the new procedures and electronic measures implemented have speeded up our work. We have achieved a record time in which freights cross the EU border the entire train at Kena border post is checked and released in 30 minutes. What pricing strategy will be used as the company continues cooperation with Belarus one of our key partners? Belarus remains the main partner of Lithuanian Railways. This is a result of our long-term cooperation. The amount of freights transported between Lithuania and Belarus last year was 17.4 million tonnes, which accounted for 36% of the total freight flow. In 2016, compared to 2015, the transportation of freights between Belarus and Lithuania increased by 5.9%, which means that the principles of our pricing strategy will be aimed at retaining and even increasing the volume of Belarusian freights. The company will continue to cooperate closely with the main freight senders and will aim to offer competitive conditions for freight transportation and for receiving additional transport and logistics services. And, we will certainly cooperate closely with Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Scandinavia and other countries. Local customers are also important. Freight transportation results , million tonnes LITHUANIAN RAILWAYS +3,3 % 48 m. t LATVIAN RAILWAYS +5,9 % 7614,1 7863,5 8749,1 9264,1 47,7 m. t Freight transportation results January and February 2016 and 2017, thousand tonnes 7614,1 7863,6 +3,3 % Changes in the performance of railways of the Baltic States January and February 2016 and 2017, thousand tonnes ESTONIAN RAILWAYS -14,3 % 2688,8 2303, << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 7

8 What new projects are envisaged in 2017? Lithuanian Railways is interested in participating in the joint project of Belarus and China, The Great Stone. The Great Stone Industrial Park is called one of the highlights of China s national project The Silk Road Economic Belt and should become a gate to Europe for Central Asian countries. Lithuanian Railways and Klaipėda seaport cooperate with China Merchants Group. We believe that our expertise will bring good results and help us join this project. We are convinced that we can be useful to our potential partners because Lithuania boasts a well developed and integrated transport infrastructure and capacities: the smallest distance to the industrial park being developed in Belarus is 500 km, while Klaipėda seaport is situated in the centre of the Baltic region, which means we can ensure highquality logistics solutions for transporting freights through the Lithuanian territory. What priority tasks have been set and what is the company s vision for the next few years? The most important goal is to remain a competitive company. Some of the key tasks include retaining freight volumes, looking for new opportunities, and raising the demand for additional services. The main objective is to ensure the transparency of operations of the company and to provide equal freight transportation principles to all customers. We must also increase efficiency and will therefore continue to improve our operating and business processes. We will pay more attention to IT, which change habits and enable customers to order services quickly and easily. We will do our best to eliminate any unnecessary bureaucratic steps in the process of ordering of freight transportation and related services. The development of the e.krovinys functionality and the use of e-signatures are among our key priorities. 8

9 CURRICULUM VITAE Egidijus started his professional career in 1997, after graduating from the Faculty of Environmental Engineering of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, when he started working at the National Commission for Energy Control and Prices. In 1999, he was employed by the international audit and consultancy company Arthur Andersen. From 2001 to 2016, he worked at Ernst&Young, where his primary task was to provide consultancy to managers of companies managing various infrastructures, including companies operating in the field of transport and logistics. Egidijus has a vast experience in working with Eastern European, Kazakh, Ukrainian and Baltic companies and dealing with issues such as strategy selection, business planning and operating process improvement. Egidijus Lazauskas << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 9

10 RESULTS 21,9 % Freight distribution by destinations January and February 2016 and 2017, % 8,1 % 29,4 % 40,6 % Local transportations Import of freights to Lithuania Export of freights from Lithuania Freight transit through Lithuania +2,2 % 2262,7 2311,5 Freight distribution by destinations January and February 2016 and 2017, thousand tonnes -2,6 % 3278,6 3192,7 +11,8 % 638,6 571,3 January and February 2016 January and February ,6 % 1501,5 1720,8 Local Import of freights Export of freights Freight transit transportations to Lithuania from Lithuania through Lithuania Freight nomenclature TOP5 January and February 2016 and 2017, % 7 % 9 % 9 % 40 % Fertilisers Oil Solid mineral fuel 35 % Mineral products Products of plant origin 10

11 ORDERING SERVICES WITH A PHONE CALL 12 << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 11

12 NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSIT FROM CHINA BEING COMPLETED Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ EXPRESS dėl bendradarbiavimo tranzitu gabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. On 26 January this year, Lithuanian Railways signed a protocol of intention with the Kazakh railway company KTZ Express on cooperation in the field of freight transit from and to China. Long-term joint projects were also discussed during the meeting. The protocol of intention signed by Egidijus Lazauskas, Director of the Freight Transportation Directorate of Lithuanian Railways, and Almat Karimov, Director of the Container Transportation Department of KTZ Express, provides that some of the container trains from and to China will transit through the Lithuanian territory. The passing of a trial train is scheduled in Q1 this year. According to the agreement, Lithuanian Railways will be responsible for organising of the passing of the train: the prompt reloading of containers at Šeštokai railway station, drafting of the required documents, and completion of customs procedures in Belarus and Lithuania. It was agreed that three to four trains of this type could travel per month. We view it as a great achievement that we have managed to reach this agreement with KTZ Express. These transportations will help us receive additional revenue and ensure a better use of the Lithuanian Railway infrastructure and intermodal terminal potential, commented Mr Lazauskas. During the meeting, the parties also discussed the possibility to transport frozen products from Klaipėda seaport to Kazakhstan. Plans are to transport approximately 100,000 tones of these products per year. 12

13 BELARUS: NOT ALL OPPORTUNITIES Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ ARE EXPRESS dėl AVAILED bendradarbiavimo tranzitu OFgabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. On February this year, managers of Lithuanian Railways met in Belarus with managers of Belarusian Railways to discuss their plans to increase freight volumes and to further develop the passenger route Vilnius-Minsk. We will seek to ensure that Belarus remains our key market. Lithuanian Railways will pay particular attention both to competitive pricing and to the improvement of the efficiency of freight transportation through the Lithuanian territory. We will seek to not only retain the current freight flows but also to look for new projects and opportunities to increase freight amounts, said Mantas Bartuška, Director General of Lithuanian Railways. During the meeting with Belarusian Railways, considerable attention was also paid to intermodal trains, effective traffic organisation, and innovative solutions, which will enable to abolish paper documents for railway transportations. In this manner, a quicker transportation process will be ensured and customer service will improve. In Belarus, managers of Lithuanian Railways also met with representatives of Belaruskali and Grodno Azot. Last year, million tonnes of freight were transported between Lithuania and Belarus, which accounted for 36% of the total freight volume. In 2016, compared to 2015, freight transportation between Belarus and Lithuania increased by 5.9%. << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 13

14 AIMING AT CLOSER RELATIONS WITH LINEKA Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ EXPRESS dėl bendradarbiavimo tranzitu gabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. On 24 February this year, Lithuanian Railways and members of the Lithuanian National Association of Forwarders and Logistics (LINEKA) discussed current issues in the field of transport and logistics and agreed to cooperate closely in the improving of the competitiveness of railway services, looking for new opportunities, and exchanging information about freight movement directions and trends. We want our company to grow and remain competitive. Our goal is to use the available infrastructure to the maximum, in particular as far as freights directed to Western Europe through Kaunas (Palemonas) and Šeštokai railway station are concerned, said Mantas Bartuška, Director General of Lithuanian Railways. LINEKA members were particularly interested in the opportunity to reload large equipment (tractors, combine harvesters, etc.) at Mockava railway station without employing side ramps or cranes. Furthermore, an expansion of the fleet of pocket wagons, which can be used for transporting semitrailers and containers in a single train, is also envisaged. During the meeting, participants discussed the improvement of the competitiveness of railway transport, tariff policies, process improvement, combined transportations, intermodal terminals, development of transportations to Poland and other Western countries, and business and research cooperation. In 2016, LINEKA transported 3 million tonnes of freight via Lithuanian Railways, which accounted for 6% of the total volumes of Lithuanian Railways. Lithuanian Railways and LINEKA signed their first cooperation agreement in LINEKA unites 60 companies and organisations engaged in freight forwarding, logistics and related services. The association includes 20 companies working with railway transport. 14

15 MILANO EXPRESS PRICING DETAILED Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ EXPRESS dėl bendradarbiavimo tranzitu gabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. In February this year, representatives of Lithuanian Railways and Hupac Intermodal SA met in St Petersburg to discuss joint projects and detail the pricing for the intermodal train Milano Express. We have agreed on the long-term principles of the pricing for the Milano Express project, and can therefore offer customers competitive prices of transportations to Milan, said Rima Terminatė, Director of LG Ekspedicija of the Freight Transportation Directorate of Lithuanian Railways. The prospects of another project, Šeštokai Express, were also discussed. Plans are to retain the freight volumes for the container train Šeštokai Express achieved in 2016 and, in case the Russian tariff policy with regard to large-capacity tank wagons changes, the volumes can be increased by up to 30%. During the meeting, representatives of Hupac Intermodal SA have confirmed that, already this year, trips of the container train from Urumqi in China to Antwerp in Belgium should be resumed. This will be the continuation of the first train that successfully passed Šeštokai railway station last year. Hupac Intermodal SA has been present in the market for over 50 years. On average, the company sends approximately 100 trains a day, and transports over 1 million TEU per year. The group unites 6 companies established in Switzerland, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Russia and China. << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 15

16 DB CARGO AND EUROSIB TRAINS EXPECTED Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ EXPRESS dėl bendradarbiavimo tranzitu gabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. In February this year, a meeting of representatives of Lithuanian Railways, DB Cargo and Eurosib was held in St Petersburg, in which participants discussed the opportunity to direct freight through Šeštokai railway station. During the meeting, participants discussed the opportunity to direct through Šeštokai railway station freight in container trains going to China, i.e. to transport freight via Trans-Siberian Railway via Mongolia. We have managed to reach a joint agreement. We expect to receive the first trains by the end of May this year, said Saulius Stasiūnas, Deputy Director of the Freight Transportation Directorate of Lithuanian Railways. All this would have been impossible had it not been for the successful first trial trains that passed through Šeštokai railway station in the summer of At present, customers themselves (KTZ Express, TEL, Eurosib and others) show an active interest in the alternative corridor of Šeštokai, which is mainly due to the increasing jams at Brest border control post between Belarus and Poland. UAB Eurosib SPb is one of Russia s largest forwarding companies. It was established in The company provides integrated transport and logistics services and has a fleet of 13,400 wagons of different types and several modern freight terminals. The company cooperates closely with its Chinese partners and organises transportation by container trains on the Trans-Siberian Railway. 16

17 KEY EVENTS IN 2016 AND The first intermodal train left to Italy Lithuanian Railways was included in the TOP10 most valuable companies in the Baltic States, ranking 9th Lithuanian Railways ranked the 8th largest EU carrier in terms of freight transportation volumes An agreement on the provision of forwarding services was signed with the Turkish company CAG Logistics Lithuanian Railways and DB Cargo Rail Polska (the Polish subsidiary of DB Cargo) signed an agreement on the transportation of freight by railway through the national borders of Poland and Lithuania, which will ensure an efficient cooperation in transporting freights both between Poland and Lithuania and on other routes The LEAN project was completed at the Freight Wagon Depot in Radviliškis A new route from China to Germany via Lithuania (Šeštokai railway station) was launched Azerbaijan Railways officially joined the intermodal Viking Train Customers were provided with an opportunity to fill out freight documents electronically, which ensures simpler, easier and quicker procedures for organising the passage of freight wagons in the Lithuanian territory Lithuanian Railways is granted the status of an authorised economic operator (AEO) and the right to use the AEO logo in the company s documents A record long 1,900-metre freight train left Draugystė railway station in the direction of Vilnius (Vaidotai railway station). This was the longest freight train in the history of Lithuanian Railways. The train consisted of 136 empty freight wagons. << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

18 FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION GEOGRAPHY Lithuanian Railways is one of the most reliable and modern carriers in Central Europe, which ensures a quick, safe and reliable freight transportation throughout its routes from Western Europe to Asia. Thanks to Lithuania s convenient geographical location, the country s transport sector, and freight transit in particular, plays an important roles in the national economy. Freights between Russia, other CIS countries and Western Europe account for the largest share of Lithuania s industrial transit. The key trade routes intersect in Lithuania. We are very centre of transit between Northern Europe, Pola Belarus and Russia. Rails of two standards 1,520 mm and 1,435 mm are available in Lithuania. The completed Rail Baltica project will connect Poland, the Baltic States and Finland and facilitate the communication between Central, Eastern and Western Europe. In 2017, we plan to pay major attention to our new destination, Italy, and launch regular trains connecting Western Europe and China. If needed, our Logistics Division can extend routes with sea or air transport. We can deliver your freights from and to any part of the world. Lithuania belongs to TRACECA, which connects EU countries with countries of the Caucasus region and Central Asia. MERKURIJUS The intermodal train connects Klaipėda, Kaliningrad and Moscow. Freights on this route are delivered in 2 days. JSC AAA Intermodal Tel Fax info@aaaim.eu ŠEŠTOKAI EXPRESS The purpose of the project is to collect freights from Western Europe in Warsaw and, via Šeštokai freight terminal where freights are loaded from wagons for the 1,435 mm rails to wagons for the 1,520 rails, to transport them to Smolensk, from where the route continues to other Russian cities or to Kazakhstan. Intermodal Express LLC, Moscow Tel Fax amunkin@intermodalexpress.ru SAULĖ The container train Saulė connects Europe and China. On this route, freights from China reach Europe in 10 days (while the duration of sea trips is 40 days). JSC VPA Logistics Tel info@suntrain.eu BALTIJOS VĖJAS This intermodal train travels from/to Lithuania and Kazakhstan. The term for delivery of freights is 5 days. All customs formalities are completed in Lithuania, which speeds up freight transportation the train goes to the point of destination without any stops. JSC Hoptrans Projects Tel info@hptr.lt 18

19 the nd, INTERMODAL ROUTES We can deliver freights by railways to any European or Asian country. Regular intermodal trips are available for the most demanded routes. Our Logistics Division can assist you in draſting all the required documents and in delivering your freight to the railway station and from the railway station to the point of destination. VIKING TRAIN VIT EKSPRES It is the fastest and most cost-efficient method for transporting freights from the Baltic Sea region to the Black Sea region. The standard route is from Klaipėda (Lithuania) to Ilyichevsk (Ukraine), and the extended route reaches Turkish seaports. Viking Train carries 20 and 40 feet general-purpose and specialised containers. LG Ekspedicija Tel MILANO EXPRESS This train follows the route Kaunas-Warsaw, Ludwigshafen-Milan once a week, with the duration of the trip being one week. It is a container train with regular trips from container terminals of Klaipėda seaport (JSC Klaipėdos Konteinerių Terminalas, JSC Klaipėdos Smeltė) via Draugystė and Vaidotai railway stations to Vilnius public logistics centre intermodal terminal (VIT). LG Ekspedicija Tel lge@litrail.lt VILNIUS SHUTTLE VIt is a regular route intended for the local market, which starts in Klaipėda seaport and ends at Vilnius container terminal, thanks to which freights from Klaipėda quickly and cost-efficiently reach Vilnius, wherefrom are delivered to the required points of destination by trucks. JSC Intermodal Container Service Tel info@intermodal.lt LG Ekspedicija Tel lge@litrail.lt << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 19

20 MOBILE LOADING/ UNLOADING TEAMS Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ EXPRESS dėl bendradarbiavimo tranzitu gabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. 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/ unloading teams Rima Terminatė, Director of LG Ekspedicija. 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:

21 DEPOT SERVICES Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ EXPRESS dėl bendradarbiavimo tranzitu gabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. Lithuanian Railways has several locomotive and rolling stock depots, where maintenance and repair of rolling stock are performed. We were the first in the Baltic States to start offering integrated services for the production of locomotives and road equipment and for the repair and upgrade of rolling stock. Services offered: Production of new locomotives, road equipment and platforms Major and current repair of locomotives and wagons Maintenance of locomotives and wagons JSC Vilnius Locomotive Repair Depot Švitrigailos Str. 39/16, Vilnius Tel Fax Radviliškis Locomotive Depot Laisvės Al. 17, Radviliškis Tel Fax Radviliškis Freight Wagon Depot Puškino Str. 1, Radviliškis Tel Fax << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 21

22 INTERMODAL TERMINALS Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ EXPRESS dėl bendradarbiavimo tranzitu gabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. We have three intermodal terminals in Lithuania in Vilnius, Kaunas and Šeštokai. The 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. Services offered by the intermodal terminals: 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

23 VILNIUS INTERMODAL TERMINAL (VIT) 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 quickly by rail from Klaipėda seaport to Vilnius, Belarus and further to the east. VIT can handle 100,000 TEU of freights per year. KAUNAS INTERMODAL TERMINAL (KIT) KIT is established in the territory of Palemonas and boasts a well developed railway infrastructure and convenient communications with the country s main roads (A1, A6, etc.); I 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 transport; the services for freight distribution for railways of two standards are also provided. KIT can handle 55,000 TEU of freights per year. ŠEŠTOKAI INTERMODAL TERMINAL Šeštokai railway station is a place of intersection of rails of two standards 1,435 mm and 1,520 mm, and boasts an excellent infrastructure for organising intermodal transportations. The railway station is provided with container cranes and other equipment, which enable to handle up to 200 TEU of freights per day or over 70,000 TEU per year. << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 23

24 SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF LG EKSPEDICIJA Lietuvos geležinkeliai pasirašė ketinimų protokolą su Kazachstano geležinkelių įmone KTZ EXPRESS dėl bendradarbiavimo tranzitu gabenant krovinius iš Kinijos ir į šią šalį. 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 at your service. We will plan and offer the optimal route and will assist you in drafting all freight documents required for your freight to cross national borders. Out customer freights cross the EU border in 30 minutes. Services of LG Ekspedicija: Development of the technological process for transporting freights using different types of transport Transportation of freights by railway, sea, air and road transport Organisation of wagon administration services Warehousing, customs broker, loading/unloading, and freight document drafting services LG Ekspedicija Tel lge@litrail.lt 24

25 LET S MEET! TRANSRUSSIA/TRANSLOGISTICA APRIL 2017 Moscow, Russia Lithuanian Railways will take part in Russia s largest transport and logistics fair, TransRussia/TransLogistica, where it will present the opportunities of transit through Lithuania. TransRussia/TransLogistica features: Over 300 participants National stands of Belarus, Germany, Kazakhstan, China, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland and Estonia More information about the fair is available at You can find our stand in pavilion 4, stand No. C413. TRANSPORT LOGISTIC MAY 2017 Munich, Germany Lithuanian Railways will take part in one of Europe s major transport and logistics fairs, which will be held in Germany, Transport Logistic, where it will present the company s services. Transport Logistic features: 2,050 participants from 62 countries Over 55,000 visitors from 124 countries A conference at which logistics challenges and prospects will be presented by 200 world class experts More information about the fair is available at You can find our stand in hall 5, stand No << GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 25