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Rail tie-up for Poland/ Lithuania

News1 Oct 2020

LTG Cargo of Lithuania, PKP Cargo of Poland and LTG Cargo Polska (LTG’s Polish affiliate) have signed an agreement to provide intermodal s...

Expansion in Klaipeda

News1 Aug 2018

Lithuania’s Klaipedos Smelte, which is part of MSC’s terminal network through TIL, has forecast that it will handle between 320,000 and ...

Rhenus Logistics expands in the Baltic

News21 Oct 2017

Freight forwarder Rhenus Logistics has opened a brand new facility in Vilnius, Lithuania...

Lithuania, China joint rail venture

News6 Dec 2015

Lithuanian Railways and China Merchants Group have established a joint venture company to handle freight transportation between Lithuania an...

Lübeck/Travemünde-Klaipeda link

News3 Mar 2014

Limarko Group and Vlantana Logistics test a new ferry link...

Klaipeda-Sassnitz rail ferry to cease

News4 Sep 2013

DFDS has announced that it will suspend the service later this year...

DB Schenker Rail to operate "Bosporus Shuttle"

News10 Jun 2013

Starting in September Germany and Turkey will linked by three pairs of trains per week for containers, swap bodies and conventional carloads...

Belarus transit problems mount

News21 May 2012

Diplomatic disputes and trucking "turf wars" are making overland transit to/from Russia and Kazakhstan via Belarus more difficult...

Moscow-Klaipeda intermodal block train

News21 Mar 2012

AAA Intermodal will start a block train service between Klaipeda and Moscow...

Konecranes gets Klaipeda order

News13 Sep 2011

Konecranes has this month received an order for three post-Panamax STS cranes and seven RTGs from JSSC Klaipedos Smelte in Lithuania, for de...

Mitsui looks for foothold in Baltic

News15 May 2010

Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co is exploring the possibility of shipping frozen products from South Korea to Uzbekistan via Suez, North Co...

Klaipeda contract

News1 May 2003

Bremenports GmbH & Co KGhas been retained as consultants for a 420m bulk cargo quay extension at the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda....

2K in the Baltic

News1 Jul 2002

Close neighbours Klaipeda and Kaliningrad have set up the socalled "2K project," with the goal of increasing transit cargo flows through bot...

DFDS Tor Line moves up a gear

News5 Jun 2001

Acquisition of Lisco's ro-ro and ro-pax activities and a new deal with P&O Ferrymasters will further strengthen Tor Line's position in the B...

DFDS acquires Lithuanian line

News4 Jun 2001

The Lithuanian Government has approved an agreement under which DFDS Tor Line will acquire the state owned shipping company LISCO....

Klaipeda throughput rockets

News1 Feb 2001

Cargo throughput at Klaipeda increased by more than 46 per cent last year to 22.88 mt, due mainly to big increases in (mainly Russian) metal...

Rail tie-up for Poland/ Lithuania

Expansion in Klaipeda

Rhenus Logistics expands in the Baltic

Lithuania, China joint rail venture

Lübeck/Travemünde-Klaipeda link

Klaipeda-Sassnitz rail ferry to cease

DB Schenker Rail to operate "Bosporus Shuttle"

Belarus transit problems mount

Moscow-Klaipeda intermodal block train

Konecranes gets Klaipeda order

Mitsui looks for foothold in Baltic

Klaipeda contract

2K in the Baltic

DFDS Tor Line moves up a gear

DFDS acquires Lithuanian line

Klaipeda throughput rockets

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Britain shifts radically to a tax and spend economy

Legal action by APM Terminals will not derail MSC lease, Port of Aarhus says

HHLA raises forecast for FY 2024

Wallenius Wilhelmsen says market softening short lived

Higher rates drive Maersk’s Q3 profitability

Rail tie-up for Poland/ Lithuania

Expansion in Klaipeda

Rhenus Logistics expands in the Baltic

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Britain shifts radically to a tax and spend economy

Legal action by APM Terminals will not derail MSC lease, Port of Aarhus says

HHLA raises forecast for FY 2024

Wallenius Wilhelmsen says market softening short lived

Higher rates drive Maersk’s Q3 profitability

Winners of US$ 2.9b Clean Ports Program announced

Port of Montreal longshore workers target Termont in latest strike round

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II orders up to 71 Lift AGVs from Konecranes

Montreal port labour dispute continues with new strike

Higher order intake in port solutions boosts Konecranes’ Q3 profit