Lithuanian Railways

Commercial Director of LTG Cargo Ukrainian daughter company Paulius Grubinskas said that the company is ready to provide rail transportation between countries through Poland.

The Polish subsidiary of the Lithuanian freight operator LTG Cargo will invest 47 million euros in the next 2-3 years to strengthen its position in the Polish rail transport market.

The agreement on railway transit of potash fertilizers produced by Belorusskali OJSC through Lithuania to the Klaipeda port will cease to be valid from February this year.

General Director of Lithuanian Railways (LTG) Mantas Bartushkas has resigned. Following the decision to resign, the LTG board appointed Egidijus Lazauskas as the new interim CEO.

The delegation of the Lithuanian Railway held a meeting with Turkish colleagues. The parties discussed the possibility of launching a new short sea and rail link, which will function as the Black Sea corridor to the Baltic.

The management of the Lithuanian Railways resigns due to the transit of Belarusian goods. LTG plans a cargo-free future for Belaruskali and diversifies its activities.

Lithuanian railways are looking for a way to block the transit of potash fertilizers by rail through the territory of Lithuania.

On December 8, the US sanctions against the Belarusian fertilizer producer Belaruskali, introduced in August, finally came into force.

The Minister of Communications and Transport of Lithuania Marius Skuodis submitted his resignation in connection with the extension of the transit of Belaruskali fertilizers through Lithuania, despite the imposition of sanctions against the Belarusian manufacturer.

LTG Infra, which manages the railway infrastructure of the state-owned Lietuvos geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways), plans to invest 240 million euros in development in 2022, which is 10% more than this year.

On September 16, the official opening of the LTG Cargo Ukraine office took place in Kyiv, which was also attended by a delegation of LTG management from Lithuania.

The preliminary cost of installing X-ray equipment at the railway checkpoint is about 4 million euros.The Lithuanian Customs Department has signed an agreement on the introduction of an X-ray control system for freight trains at the railway checkpoint in Kene on the border with Belarus, said Vitas Volungevičius, a spokesman for the agency.