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Road freight for companies in Kaunas, where the A1 meets Via Baltica

Kaunas is where the A1, Via Baltica and the road to Daugavpils meet, and RNJ Transport runs full truckloads there for manufacturers and distributors. The Kaunas free economic zone holds more than 150 companies. Klaipėda port is about 215 km away, and the Polish border about 95 km. Our own trucks are the first choice for domestic and Swedish loads.

  • Lying between Kaunas and Karmėlava, the free economic zone has 534 ha, with more than 150 companies and about 9,500 jobs.
  • The Kaunas Intermodal Terminal at Palemonas works on both rail gauges, 1,435 mm and 1,520 mm, and handles about 168 TEU a day.
  • About half of the industrial output of Kaunas is exported, mainly textiles, metals, electrical goods, wood and furniture.
  • Kaunas Airport handled about 5,186 tonnes of freight in 2024.
A truck with a curtainsider trailer on a motorway between fields of yellow rapeseed
Local facts
Road distance to Klaipėda About 215 km
Driving time About 3 h 35 min with one driver
To the Polish border About 95 km, Kalvarija and Budzisko crossing
Main roads A1 (E85) west to Klaipėda, east to Vilnius; A5 (Via Baltica) to Marijampolė and Poland; A6 (E262) to Jonava, Utena and Daugavpils; A8 towards Panevėžys from Sitkūnai
Industry Food and drink, furniture, textiles, glass, building materials, electronics, auto parts, machine tools, retail fittings, pharmaceuticals
Industrial and logistics areas Free economic zone (534 ha), Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (Palemonas), Kaunas Airport (Karmėlava)
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.

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.

Kaunas plants, warehouses and the free zone

The Kaunas free economic zone was founded in 1996 and covers 534 ha between the city and Karmėlava. More than 150 companies with about 9,500 jobs work there, in automotive and industrial electronics, food, construction products and life sciences. The zone connects straight to the A1 and the A6 and lies close to the airport.

Logistics has grown inside the zone: a logistics park of 190,000 m² built in stages, a parcel centre of more than 22,000 m² opened in 2024, a furniture warehouse of 60,000 m² and a beverage warehouse of 12,000 m². In the city, plants make food and drink, glass, furniture, textiles, retail fittings and machine tools. About half of the output goes to the EU and the Nordic countries.

Kaunas freight sites
SiteWhat it is
Free economic zone534 ha towards Karmėlava, on the A1 and the A6
Kaunas Intermodal Terminal, PalemonasRail terminal on both gauges, about 168 TEU a day
Kaunas Airport, KarmėlavaAbout 5,186 tonnes of freight in 2024
GarliavaFarm machinery, concrete and knitwear, beside Via Baltica
KarmėlavaFurniture, windows and doors, and a customs office

Kaunas roads and the European-gauge railway

Three main roads meet at Kaunas. The A1 links Klaipėda with Vilnius, the A5 carries Via Baltica to Marijampolė and Poland, and the A6 heads north-east through Jonava and Utena to Daugavpils. North of the city, the A8 leaves the A1 at Sitkūnai towards Panevėžys and Riga.

The Palemonas terminal handles containers and trailers on the European gauge as well as the Lithuanian one. A standard-gauge line from the Polish border has reached it since 2015, and the first train from the Netherlands arrived in July 2021. The Rail Baltica line from Kaunas to Vilnius is still a plan.

How a load runs from Kaunas

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 in the Kaunas free economic zone?

    Yes. We load at plants and warehouses in the zone, and the trucks join the A1 straight away for Klaipėda port or Vilnius. Loads abroad go through Poland or by ferry. Tell us the company, its gate in the zone, the hour you load and how many pallets there are.

  2. Can you deliver from Germany or the Netherlands to Kaunas, Garliava or Karmėlava?

    Yes. Inbound loads from Germany and the Benelux are our main routes. Checked partner trucks cross into Lithuania at Kalvarija and come up Via Baltica to Kaunas, about 95 km from the border. We deliver to the free economic zone, Garliava, Karmėlava and city addresses.

  3. Do you carry furniture, packed food and building materials from Kaunas to Scandinavia?

    Yes. These are typical curtainsider loads. Our own trucks serve Sweden through Klaipėda and Karlshamn when one is free. For Norway, a partner carrier that we check drives the load, and the declarations Norway asks for are made by a partner customs broker.

  4. Can you take goods to or from the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal?

    Yes, by road. We collect goods that arrive by rail at Palemonas and deliver them to your site, or bring export goods to the terminal. Tell us the booking details of the rail operator. RNJ Transport does not book the rail leg itself.

Sources (7)
  1. Kaunas free economic zone
  2. VLE encyclopaedia: Kaunas
  3. VLE encyclopaedia: Kaunas district municipality
  4. LTG Cargo: Kaunas intermodal terminal
  5. Eurostat: air freight by airport, 2024
  6. Made in Vilnius: warehouse space in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda (2025)
  7. Rail Baltica: Kaunas–Vilnius special plan approved (2026)

We checked these sources on 24 October 2026.

Ask us about a Kaunas load

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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