In the first quarter of 2025, the Port of Klaipeda handled 9.75 million tons of cargo, 15% more than in the same period last year. The growth of 1.3 million tons was driven by record figures in the container and LNG cargo segments. Klaipeda’s share among the Baltic ports grew to almost 41%, strengthening its leading position in the market.
The Swiss government has submitted the full version of the Freight Transport Ordinance (GüTV) for public consultation, which provides for a reform of the subsidy system for rail and inland waterway transport. The new procedure envisages fixed payments, for example CHF 40 per loaded rail car with a minimum annual volume of 720 cars for industrial sidings. The total funding will amount to CHF 50 million per year. At the same time, the current compensation for road hauliers in combined transport will be gradually abolished.
The construction of an oil loading terminal will begin in the port of Kuryk in 2025, said the Minister of Transport of Kazakhstan Marat Karabayev. Although the exact timing and volume of investment have not yet been disclosed, the ministry emphasizes the strategic importance of the project and specifies that in the future, the port also plans to build a terminal for storing and shipping “green” hydrogen.
While road freight flows uninterrupted across European borders, electric freight rail continues to be limited by infrastructure bottlenecks at several border crossings.
In March 2025, Lithuanian trucks increased their mileage on German toll roads by 6% compared to the same period last year. According to the German Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM), the increase was recorded after a decline in February and concerns Lithuanian, Polish and German trucks. The total mileage of all vehicles over 3.5 tons increased by 6.4% year-on-year.
Ziegler Group has introduced a new rail service, Consol Box, connecting China with the company’s logistics hub in Welkenraadt, Belgium. The solution focuses on speed (17-18 days on the road), sustainability and full logistics control – from pick-up throughout China to final delivery across Europe, including the UK, Germany and France.
Ukrzaliznytsia’s subsidiary UZ Cargo Poland, in partnership with LTG Cargo Polska, successfully carried out the first transportation of oil products along the Lithuania-Poland-Ukraine route. For the first time, the transportation was carried out by UZ Cargo Poland as a licensed EU railway operator in Poland, providing a full range of freight forwarding services and using wagons owned by JSC Ukrzaliznytsia.
Shipping company CLdN has announced the launch of a new weekly container service between the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and Ireland. From 10 May 2025, the 800 TEU M/V JSP Rover will operate between Albert II and the ports of Cork and Dublin, offering customers lift-on/lift-off (LoLo) services alongside its existing four weekly RoRo services on the same routes.
During the negotiations between the Chairman of the Board of JSC KazMunayGas Askhat Khasenov and the CEO of AD Ports Group Mohammed Al Shamisi, it became known about the joint development of a container ship project with a capacity of up to 780 TEU. The vessel is being created taking into account the rapid growth of cargo traffic on the Trans-Caspian international transport route.
DSV has officially completed the acquisition of logistics company Schenker from German rail company Deutsche Bahn for DKK 106.7 billion (approx. EUR 14.3 billion), creating a global leader in the transport and logistics industry. This is the largest transaction in DSV’s history, and will result in the combined company operating in more than 90 countries, with 160,000 employees and revenues of around DKK 310 billion (EUR 41.6 billion).
