Hinterland Transportation – Shuttle Trains: Viking, Saule , Merkurijus

1. Hinterland Transportation – Shuttle Trains: Viking, Saule, Merkurijus Andrejus Ponomariovas Head of Freight Forwarding Division JSC “Lithuanian Railways”

2. JSC “Lithuanian railways” • Railway infrastructure manager (railway network – 1767 km) • Freight Carrier (2008 – 55 mill.t, 2009 – 42,7 mill.t, 2010 – 48,1 mill.t, 2011 – 52,3 mill.t) • Passenger Carrier (2008 – 5,1 mill.pass., 2009 – 4,4 mill.pass., 2010 – 4,4 mill.pass., • 2011 – 4,6 mill.pass.) State owned company in share by 100% Property – 1,3 bln. EUR (31-12-2010) Number of employees – 10,3 thous. (2010)

3. Main facts about JSC “Lithuanian railways” • The largest company ofLithuanian transport sector Modal split in Lithuania • Cargo transportation – 52.3m tons • Track length – 1756 km • 9050cargo wagons

4. Lithuanian Railways are at the crossroads of International Freight Transportation Corridors Trans - Siberian railroad Trans - Asian railroad Eurasian railroad European-Caucasus-Asian railroad I corridor IX corridor

5. Lithuanian Railways are at the crossroads of International Freight Transportation Corridors Corridor “EAST-WEST” FINLAND RAIL BALTICA SWEDEN Baltic-Adriatic Corridor EU freight corridor No.8 St. Petersburg Baltic Sea Container train VIKING Klaipėda Moscow TransSiberian Railroad Kazakhstan China DENMARK Kaunas LITHUANIA Vilnius Minsk POLAND Rotterdam UK Berlin BELARUS Warsaw GERMANY Kiev RUSSIA UKRAINE FRANCE Odessa Illichivsk ITALY Black Sea Adriatic Sea TURKEY

6. Shuttle Train“Viking” • Idea of a direct intermodal train during organization of container transportation came in 1999, when the ministers of transport of Lithuania and Ukraine signed memorandum of mutual consent; • Cargo transportation in containers becomes the main direction of expanding cargo transportation due to its universal nature; • By using the route of Viking train, its clients have an opportunityof saving up to 46% of their funds comparing to other types of transportation and at the same time have a guaranteed time of cargo delivery. Partners: 46%

7. Shuttle Train“Viking” • Main information: • Competitive tariffs ( 20-30 percent lower as compared with road transport); • Transportation of universal and specialized containers, also contrailers (semitrailers, road-trains, traction engines); • Route: Klaipeda –Iljichyovsk; • Distance: 1766 km; • Transit time: 52 hours; • Intermodal train VIKING runs twice a day; • EU/CIS border crossing formalities (at Kena station) in 30 min; • Excellent possibilities for development. Best intermodal practice award2009 Baltic Sea Klaipeda Kena Odessa Black Sea www.litrail.lt www.litrail.lt

8. Possibilities of extending the route of the shuttletrain “Viking”

9. Advantages of shuttle train “Viking”

10. Dynamics of shuttle train “Viking”development

11. Shuttle train “Saule” (Sun) Intermodal train Saulė – the new project, initiated by Lithuanian and Kazakhstan authorities, national railway companies, logistic companies Participants – railway companies of China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Belgium Route:Chongqing (China) – Antwerp (Belgium), transit through Kena - Šeštokai (Lithuania) Distance: 11065 km Transit time: 28 October – 15 November (18 days) Operator: JSC ,,VPA LOGISTICS” (Lithuania)

12. Shuttle train “Saule” (Sun)

13. Shuttle train “Saule” (Sun)

14. Shuttle train “Saule” (Sun)

15. Shuttle train “Merkurijus” 2 days

16. Shuttle train “Merkurijus”

17. Shuttle train “Merkurijus”

18. Kenastation • Kena –unique gates between EU and CIS • Border crossing formalities according to all necessary EU rules takes only 30 min • Station is fully modernized and developed • tracks for long trains • IT systems for declaration and control of wagons • automated switch system • observation system • electronic weighing-machine • radiation meter • roentgen • other modern equipment • All implemented measures let perform border crossing procedures fast and precisely. KENA EU CIS

19. Advantages of Lithuanian Railways • Modern infrastructure • Fully modernized locomotive fleet LG were the only one in 1520 mm. railway network to solve this problem • Large LG’s wagons fleet 9,5 thousand wagons 1,1 thousand of them – platformsfor transportation of containers • Experience in container transportation Intermodal train “Viking” (Lithuania-Belarus-Ukraine) • Modern IT Due to IT development the efficiency of border crossing control procedures improved significantly (checking of container trains in border crossing points takes only 30 min.)

20. JSC “Lithuanian Railways” – reliable partner • JSC ”Lithuanian Railways” ensures the implementation of key customer requirements: • Reliability of carriages; • Minimum delivery time (duration of carriage); • Just-in-time delivery; • Security of carriages; • Safety cargo delivery.

21. JSC ”Lithuanian Railways” propose to use: • Baltic Sea – Asia corridor linking Europe with China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan; • Baltic Sea – Black Sea corridor linking Europe with Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan; • CIS, Asia – Central and Northern Europe corridor linking CIS and Asia countries with Central and Northern Europe countries.

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