JSC “Lithuanian Railways” and
the Embassy of Lithuania in the Czech Republic
have the pleasure to invite you to an international forum to be held
on the 23rd of May (Monday) at 15:00 p.m., at the “InterContinental” hotel, Parizska 30, Prague
“LITHUANIAN TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS FOR CZECH ENTERPRISES’ BUSINESS”
Main topics of discussion:
the necessity to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the Republics of Lithuania and Czech using the
Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Baltic in order to join EU, Middle East and CIS markets
Rail – Baltica as the connection of the Baltic States railway infrastructure to the European railway corridor,
possibilities to transport cargo from Warsaw to Tallinn and further to the Nordic countries using different
railway gauges – 1435 mm and 1520 mm
JSC “Lithuanian Railways” (transportation volume 48 m. tons) intermodal transfer facilities for containers
to transport cargo to CIS (30 minutes border crossing formalities), Kazakhstan (travel time 5 days) and
China (travel time 8/18 days)
ice – free Klaipėda sea port, as an intersection of transport corridors advantage and effective
interconnection with world’s seaports, for save and fast cargo transportation
safe cargo transportation methods assessing the suitability of railway routes (“Viking Train”, “Sun Train”,
“Baltic Wind”, “Mercury Train”, “Šeštokai Express” and etc.)
best practice examples of JSC “Lithuanian Railways” in cooperation with the largest railway and logistics
companies of the European Union in the field of modern logistics and multimodal solutions
The event is dedicated to industrial, transport and logistics companies in the Czech
Republic.
The event is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Lithuania.
Registration: please, register at [email protected] by the 18th of May, indicating your name, company you are representing and your contact email. Conference language – English. Participation in the forum is free of charge, except for traveling and accommodation expenses.
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AntwerpBerlin Warsaw
SestokaiMinsk
VilniusKlaipeda
Kaliningrad
Stockholm
Helsinki
Copenhagen
Smolensk
Moscow
KievSaratov
OdessaBucharest
Stara Zagora
Istanbul
Izmir
Samsun
Poti
Ozinki
Samara
Ufa
BaltiAktobe
Kostanay Astana
Aktogay
Dostyk
AlmatyUrumqi
Lanzhou
Chongqing
LianyungangXianyang
CHANGED BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY FROM THE MASS TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT IN THE DIRECTION "FACTORY-PORT" TO COMPLEX LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS, BY PUTTING EMPHASIS ON THE INTERMODALITY
Viking TrainRoutesKlaipeda – Vilnius – Minsk – Kiev – Odessa;Klaipeda – Minsk – Balti – Bucharest – IstanbulDistance (one-way) 1,734/3,005 kmTravel time 2/9 daysFrequency3 times/weekOperatorsLG Ekspedicija, Belintertrans, USCTS Liski, TransContainer Ukraine, Plaske, Ruscon Transit Ukraine, BDZ Cargo, Georgian Railway, LevadaCargo, GEFCO, Steveco Logistics, Rofersped, Translogistic Systems
Sun TrainRoutesKlaipeda – Minsk – Smolensk – Samara – Astana – Almaty – Dostyk;Antwerp – Berlin – Warsaw –Sestokai – Minsk – Smolensk – Samara – Aktobe – Almaty – Dostyk –Urumqi – Chongqing – LianyungangDistance (one-way)5,800/11,065 kmTravel time 8/18 daysFrequencyas requiredOperatorVPA Logistics
Baltic WindRoutesKlaipeda – Minsk – Samara – Kostanay/AstanaDistance (one-way)3,233/5,499 kmTravel time 5/12 daysFrequency3 times/monthOperatorHoptrans Projects
Sestokai ExpressRouteWarsaw – Sestokai – SmolenskDistance (one-way)1,126 kmTravel time 3 daysFrequencyas requiredOperatorsHupac Intermodal, Intermodal Express
JSC "LITHUANIAN RAILWAYS"INTERMODAL RAIL ROUTES
Mercury TrainRoutesKlaipeda/Kaliningrad – MoscowDistance (one-way)1,382 kmTravel time 2 daysFrequencyas requiredOperatorAAA Intermodal
Vilnius ShuttleRouteKlaipeda – VilniusDistance
(one-way)
382 kmTravel time 9 hoursFrequency2 times/weekOperatorIntermodal Container Service
NemunasRoutesVilnius/Kaunas/Klaipeda – MinskDistance (one-way)242/327/612 kmTravel time 8/10/18 hoursFrequencyas requiredOperatorsLG Ekspedicija, Belintertrans
VIT EkspresRouteKlaipeda – VilniusDistance (one-way)387 kmTravel time9 hoursFrequency2 times/week OperatorLG Ekspedicija
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PRELIMINARY FORUM PROGRAM
“LITHUANIAN TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS FOR CZECH ENTERPRISES’ BUSINESS”
23rd of May, 2016
Forum venue: “InterContinental Prague” hotel, Parizska 30, Prague
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15:00 – 15:35 Registration and coffee
15:35 – 15:40 OPENING OF THE FORUM
Moderator: Romualdas Kozyrovičius, Adviser to Director General of JSC “Lithuanian Railways”,
Lithuania
INTRODUCTORY SPEECH
15:40 – 15:50 Algirdas Butkevičius, Prime Minister to the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuania
15:50 – 16:00 Marie Vopálenská, Director General of Association of the Czech Railway Industry, Czech Republic
16:00 – 16:10 Edvilas Raudonikis, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Czech Republic, Lithuania
16:10 – 16:20 Bohumil Mazánek, Ambassador of the Republic of Czech to the Lithuania Republic, Czech Republic
16.20 – 16.30 Technical break
16:30 – 18:55 SESSION. RAILWAY TRANSPORT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
Moderator: Virgilijus Jastremskas, Director of Development Department, JSC “Lithuanian Railways”,
Lithuania
16:30 – 16:45 Hans-Georg Werner, Member of the Management Board for Region East of DB Cargo AG, Germany
16:45 – 17:00 Albertas Šimėnas, Deputy Director General of JSC “Lithuanian Railways”, Lithuania
17:00 – 17:15 Ivan Bednárik, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ČD Cargo, a.s., Czech Republic
17:15 – 17:30 Alberto Grisone, Hupac Intermodal SA Director Network Development (T.B.C.)
17:30 – 17:45 Ivo Gurnak, Vicepresident for Sales of Škoda Transportation, a.s., Czech Republic
17:45 – 18:00 Artūras Drungilas, Marketing and Corporate Affairs Director of Klaipėda State Seaport Authority,
Lithuania
18:00 – 18:15 Mindaugas Butnorius, Head of Multimodal Transport and Development Unit of JSC “Lithuanian
Railways” Freight Forward Department “LG ekspedicija”, Lithuania
18:15 – 18:55 Summary and discussions
19:00 – 21:00 La fourshette hosted by JSC “Lithuanian Railways”
THE FORUM IS HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES