Logistics concept by rail. Lithuanian Railways perspective

Marius Matulaitis
JSC “Lithuanian Railways”
Freight Transportation Directorate
Head of Integration Department
Logistics concept by rail.
Lithuanian Railways perspective
Lithuanian Railways vision
From freight transportation by rail to global
logistics solutions
10 reasons to cooperate with LG
Services of Lithuanian Railways
Main characteristics of transport modes
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Land alternative
Having implemented the project Rail
Baltica we will be active not only in
the East – West direction but also in
the North – South direction.
Rail Baltica states
Rail Baltica track gauge 1435 mm
Rail Baltica II project
Sea alternative
Klaipeda port is the closest to West/North
Europe and Scandinavian ports. The
distance to the main CIS industrial and
trade centres is the shortest.
More than 20 shipping lines connect
Klaipeda port to the North Europe,
Scandinavian and Great Britain ports
including container, Ro-Ro and general
cargo lines
Intermodal train Viking Train
Operators:
In Lithuania: JSC Lithuanian
Railways
In Belarus: SE Belintertrans
In Ukraine: USCTS LISKI, LLC
TransContainer Ukraine, Plaske JSC,
Ruscon Transit Ukraine;
In Bulgaria: BDZ Cargo;
In Romania: JSC Rofersped;
In Moldova: Translogistics sistem;
In Turkey: BALO
Regularity of trips: 4 times/week
More information:
www.vikingtrain.com
Klaipėda – Minsk – Bucharest – Istambul
Klaipėda – Minsk – Balti – Bucharest – Istambul
Klaipėda – Minsk – Odesa
Intermodal train Saulė
Operators:
VPA Logistics
Regularity of trips: as needed
Delivery time: 8/18 days
More information:
www.suntrain.eu
Klaipėda – Minsk – Smolensk – Samara – Astana – Almaty – Dostyk
Antwerp – Berlin – Warsaw - Šeštokai – Minsk – Smolensk – Samara – Aktobe – Almaty – Dostyk – Urumchi – Chongqing - Lianyungang
Klaipėda – Minsk – Smolensk – Saratov – Aktobe - Almaty
Intermodal train Baltijos vėjas
Operators:
Hoptrans Projects
Regularity of trips: 3 times/month
Delivery time: 5/12 days
More information:
www.htpr.lt
Vilnius– Minsk – Samara – Kostanai
Klaipėda – Minsk – Samara – Kostanai –
Astana – Aktogai – Almaty
Intermodal train Merkurijus
FINLAND
Operators:
AAA Intermodal
Regularity of trips: as needed
Delivery time: 2 days
More information:
www.aaaim.eu
Klaipėda – Minsk – Smolensk – Moscow
Kaliningrad – Minsk – Smolensk – Moscow
NORWAY
RUSSIA
ESTONIA
SWEDEN
LATVIA
BELARUS
POLAND
UKRAINE
Intermodal train Vilnius Shuttle
FINLAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN
ESTONIA
RUSSIA
Operators:
Intermodal Container Service
Regularity of trips: 2 times/week
Delivery time: 9 hours
More information:
www.intermodal.lt
LATVIA
Klaipėda - Vilnius
BELARUS
GERMANY
POLAND
UKRAINE
Intermodal train Šeštokai Express
NORWAY
ESTONIA
SWEDEN
RUSSIA
LATVIA
Operators:
Hupac Intermodal SA, Intermodal
Express
Regularity of trips: as needed
Delivery time: 3 days
More information:
www.hupac.ch
Warsaw – Vilnius – Minsk - Smolensk
POLAND
BELARUS
GERMANY
UKRAINE
CZECH REPUBLIC
SLOVAKIA
AUSTRIA
Intermodal train Nemunas
FINLAND
NORWAY
Operators:
LG Ekspedicija
Regularity of trips: as needed
Delivery time: 10/23 hours
More information:
www.litrail.lt
ESTONIA
SWEDEN
RUSSIA
LATVIA
Vilnius - Minsk
Kaunas - Minsk
Klaipėda - Minsk
BELARUS
GERMANY
POLAND
UKRAINE
Ecological benefits of transportation by rail
Road accidents costs
Railway accidents costs
4,2 ct / tkm (> 8,4 k. )
0,5 ct / tkm
Air pollution costs
Air pollution costs
2,2 ct / tkm (> 266,6 %)
0,6 ct / tkm
Effects of noise reduction
Effects of noise reduction
2,2 ct / tkm (> 83,3%)
1,2 ct / tkm
In total: 1 tkm - 8,6 ct
In total: 1 tkm – 2,3 ct
Economic benefits of transportation by rail
Road transport
Work force
84 vs 2 drivers
Lenght
6375 vs 1000 metres
Fuel consumption
45 vs 9 tonnes
Time at the EU/CIS border
Up to several days vs 30 minutes
Rail transport
Special territories for business development
Benefits of investment in VLC:
good opportunity to invest in well located geographical areas
a great opportunity for businesses to export their products from Scandinavian region to Eastern
Europe, Russia, Kazachstan, etx
high level distribution of goods
opportunity to consolidate, combine and redistribute loads through all logistical chain (West-East
and North-South directions) using multimodal shipment in I and IX transport corridors
infrastructure, technology and intermodal solutions are sufficiently developed
favorable conditions for business development
Intermodal terminal in Vilnius
Intermodal terminal in Kaunas
The distance from the target
PLC site to regional road
0.7 km to local road
(A19)
The distance from
the target PLC site to
regional road
1 km the A5 (Via Baltica)
0.5 km to local road No.
230
Railway
0 km
Railway
0 km
Distance to Airport
12,7 km
Distance to Airport
10,5 km
Intermodal terminal, Vilnius
I stage – in the territory of 54 ha, near one of the
biggest Central and Eastern Europe’s marshalling
yard Vaidotai, intermodal terminal will be build,
companies are welcome to invest in the logistics
park
II stage – territory of 104 ha will be developed
III stage – territory of 300 ha will be developed
Around 1300 new job places
120 million EUR – projected return on the project
Intermodal terminal, Kaunas
I stage – intermodal terminal with both types of gauges
will be build.
II stage – after the finish of Rail Baltica project, Kaunas
logistics park is planned to develop at Kaunas FEZ with
possibility to invest for private investors
Services of Intermodal terminals
Thank you!