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Road freight in Aukštaitija for companies in north-east Lithuania

Across Aukštaitija, the ethnographic region of north-east Lithuania, companies can order full truckloads from RNJ Transport. Its plants make furniture, textiles, machinery, cables and food. Via Baltica crosses the region through Panevėžys. We do not carry the fertilisers and acids made in Jonava and Kėdainiai, because they are dangerous goods.

  • About 0.6 million people live in Aukštaitija’s municipalities, which stretch from Radviliškis and Joniškis to Zarasai and Visaginas.
  • Vilnius and Kaunas are not part of any ethnographic region on the official 2025 map.
  • Norwegian-owned furniture and textile plants in Panevėžys tie Aukštaitija to the Norway route.
  • Fertilisers and acids from Jonava and Kėdainiai are dangerous goods (ADR), which RNJ Transport does not carry.
A truck with a curtainsider trailer on a country road between fields of yellow rapeseed, seen from above
Local facts
Main roads Via Baltica (A8 to Kaunas, A10 to Riga) through Panevėžys; E272 Vilnius–Panevėžys–Šiauliai; the Kaunas–Daugavpils road through Jonava, Ukmergė, Utena and Zarasai
Industry Furniture and textiles, cables and electrical equipment, trailer bodies, farm machinery, machine tools, dairy and cheese, beer, malt and starch, wood and peat
Industrial and logistics areas The free economic zone in Panevėžys, the Radviliškis rail junction, the Rokiškis–Eglainė rail crossing to Latvia
Trucks Our own trucks and checked partner carriers
Your contact One contact person for your load. +370 698 38573. We speak Lithuanian, English and Russian.

Cities in Aukštaitija

Road distance from each city centre. Pick a city to see its roads, its industry and the questions shippers there ask.

City Road distance to Klaipėda
Jonava About 235 km
Joniškis About 220 km
Kaišiadorys About 255 km
Kėdainiai About 210 km
Panevėžys About 240 km
Pasvalys About 245 km
Radviliškis About 190 km
Rokiškis About 330 km
Ukmergė About 270 km
Utena About 335 km
Visaginas About 400 km
Zarasai About 385 km

Distances: the road route in OpenStreetMap (OSRM), from city centre to city centre, checked on 24 October 2026. Routes from Poland and further west enter Lithuania at the Budzisko and Kalvarija crossing. Driving time: 60 km/h on average with the breaks the EU rules require, without loading, queues or ferries. It is not a delivery promise.

What Aukštaitija makes and ships

Aukštaitija has no single industry. Panevėžys makes cables, trailer bodies, compressors, furniture, textiles, malt and starch. Utena brews beer and processes meat, Ukmergė builds machine tools, and Rokiškis makes cheese. Radviliškis, Rokiškis and Kėdainiai build farm machinery. Jonava and Kėdainiai also have large chemical plants, whose loads we do not carry.

Three towns without their own page add to the list. In Biržai, a mill spins flax yarn and weaves fabric, and bakeries and breweries work nearby. Kupiškis works with peat, wood, bricks and clothing. Pakruojis makes bread, linen textiles, ceramics and parquet, and its dolomite quarries ship loose stone that needs tipper trucks.

Industry in Aukštaitija by town
TownMain products
PanevėžysCables, trailer bodies, compressors, furniture, textiles, malt, starch, beer
UtenaBeer, meat, bread, knitwear, metalwork
UkmergėMachine tools, dairy, bread, sewing
RokiškisCheese and dairy, farm machinery, rapeseed oil, wood products
Pasvalys and BiržaiDairy, rapeseed oil, feed, flax yarn and fabrics, beer
Radviliškis, Joniškis and PakruojisFarm machinery, knitwear, pellets, feed and pet products, ceramics, parquet
Jonava and KėdainiaiFertilisers and acids (dangerous goods, not carried), wood, foam rubber, sugar, farm machinery

Main roads and railways in Aukštaitija

Via Baltica is the region’s north-south spine. It runs from Kaunas on the A8 to Panevėžys, around the city on the A17 bypass, and then north via the A10 and Pasvalys towards Riga. The E272 crosses it at Panevėžys, linking Vilnius with Šiauliai. Further east, the road from Kaunas to Daugavpils passes Jonava, Ukmergė, Utena and Zarasai.

From Vilnius and Kaunas, the core EU railway runs through Kėdainiai to the Radviliškis junction. A second line leads east via Panevėžys, Kupiškis and Rokiškis to the Eglainė crossing to Latvia. Our trucks stay on the road, and these lines matter for plants that also use rail.

Routes to Klaipėda, Latvia and Poland

From Aukštaitija, Swedish and German loads travel west to Klaipėda by the A1 or through Šiauliai. RNJ Transport sends its own trucks on the ferry to Karlshamn. Riga is closer than Klaipėda for the northern towns, and the Saločiai–Grenctāle crossing on Via Baltica serves Panevėžys, Pasvalys and Biržai. Poland is reached through Kaunas and Kalvarija.

How a load runs from Aukštaitija

We plan the load and book the truck: our own truck on Lithuanian and Swedish routes when one is free, a checked partner carrier on every other route. From the first call to delivery you deal with one contact person and get one invoice from RNJ Transport.

  1. You send the load details

    Give the collection and delivery addresses, the date, the pallets or loading metres and the weight in the request form.

  2. We plan the truck

    We choose our own truck or check a partner carrier for your dates.

  3. You get a fixed price

    We confirm the price and the planned collection and delivery days.

  4. You get the truck details

    Before loading you get the truck and trailer numbers and the driver’s phone number.

  5. Loading and the trip

    The driver collects the load with the consignment note, a CMR note on international loads. If anything changes, we call you.

  6. Delivery and one invoice

    After delivery you get the signed consignment note and one invoice from RNJ Transport.

Frequently asked questions

  1. Do you collect full loads from any town in Aukštaitija?

    Yes. We collect in Panevėžys, Utena, Ukmergė, Rokiškis and the smaller towns, from the plant or the warehouse door. For domestic and Swedish loads we check our own trucks first, then a checked partner. Send the town, the address and the loading day.

  2. Do you carry fertilisers or chemicals from Jonava or Kėdainiai?

    No. We stay away from fertilisers, acids and any other chemical that counts as dangerous goods (ADR). We do carry other goods from these towns, such as machinery, packed food, wood products and building materials. When in doubt, send us its safety data sheet first.

  3. Can you take a load from Aukštaitija to Norway?

    Yes. A checked partner carrier drives such loads. The Norwegian-owned furniture and textile plants in Panevėžys are typical shippers on this route. Norway needs customs declarations on both sides, handled by a partner customs broker you book with us. One person on our team follows the whole trip.

  4. Can you bring goods from Western Europe to Aukštaitija?

    Yes. Inbound loads from the Benelux and Germany are the routes we run most. Partner trucks come through Poland and Kalvarija, then follow Via Baltica to Panevėžys or the A1 towards Kaunas and the eastern towns. Tell us where the goods are, where they go and when.

  5. Are Vilnius and Kaunas part of Aukštaitija?

    No. The 2025 EKGT map leaves Vilnius and Kaunas outside all ethnographic regions. Towns around them, such as Jonava, Kėdainiai, Ukmergė and Kaišiadorys, are in Aukštaitija, and we collect in all of them. Šiauliai, Kelmė and Naujoji Akmenė, to the west, are part of Žemaitija instead.

Sources (8)
  1. EKGT: map of Lithuania’s ethnographic regions (2025)
  2. Invest Lithuania: Panevėžys region
  3. VLE encyclopaedia: Panevėžys
  4. VLE encyclopaedia: Jonava
  5. VLE encyclopaedia: Utena
  6. VLE encyclopaedia: Ukmergė
  7. Via Lietuva: Via Baltica from Kaunas to the Latvian border
  8. LTG Infra: rail network statement 2026–2027

We checked these sources on 24 October 2026.

Ask us about a load in Aukštaitija

Send the route, the date and the load size in the request form. We call you back. You can also call us during working hours.

+370 698 38573

A person in our Klaipėda office answers your call.

Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00, Lithuanian time

Transport request

Send us an email. Please include these details:

  1. Loading and unloading place
  2. Cargo: type, pallets or loading metres, weight
  3. Loading date
  4. Company name
  5. Your phone number
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Transport request

Send us an email. Please include these details:

  1. Loading and unloading place
  2. Cargo: type, pallets or loading metres, weight
  3. Loading date
  4. Company name
  5. Your phone number
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