Road freight for companies in Lithuania Minor and Klaipėda port
From its base in Klaipėda, the largest city of Lithuania Minor (Mažoji Lietuva), RNJ Transport plans full truckloads for companies across the region. The region holds Klaipėda port, the Klaipėda Free Economic Zone and Šilutė, most often called its capital. Our own trucks run from here to Sweden on the Karlshamn ferry, and checked partner carriers take other routes.
- Klaipėda State Seaport handled 39.04 million tonnes of cargo in 2025, according to Statistics Lithuania.
- The Klaipėda Free Economic Zone covers 412 ha and has more than 100 businesses with over 4,500 employees.
- Klaipėda has freight ferries to six ports: Karlshamn, Trelleborg, Kiel, Travemünde, Fredericia and Køge.
- On the official map of ethnographic regions, Lithuania Minor matches the historical Klaipėda Region.
| Main roads | A1 east to Kaunas and Vilnius; the road along the Nemunas to Šilutė, Jurbarkas and Kaunas; the coastal road north to Palanga and Liepāja |
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| Industry | Shipbuilding and metal structures, plastics and chemicals, food and drink, wood and furniture, peat, dairy |
| Industrial and logistics areas | Klaipėda State Seaport; the free economic zone, 412 ha; Draugystė railway station; the Nemunas inland waterway |
| 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 Lithuania Minor
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 |
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| Klaipėda | Our office |
| Šilutė | About 55 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.
Klaipėda port and the free economic zone
Klaipėda State Seaport is a universal deep-water port on the Klaipėda Strait. Its cargo includes fertilisers, containers, oil products, ro-ro trailers and grain. The port has 102 km of railway track inside it. Draugystė station in Klaipėda ends the core EU railway that starts in Vilnius. Trucks from inland Lithuania arrive on the A1 motorway, which ends in Klaipėda.
The Klaipėda Free Economic Zone was founded in 2002 and lies close to the port. Its plants work mainly with plastics and chemicals, electric vehicles and their parts, and offshore and large metal structures. More than 50 clients from 16 countries work there.
| Item | Figure |
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| Cargo handled by Klaipėda State Seaport, 2025 | 39.04 million tonnes |
| Cargo handled by Klaipėda State Seaport, 2024 | 35.22 million tonnes |
| Road vehicles handled by Lithuanian sea ports, 2025 | 353,615 |
| Entrance channel depth | 15.5 m |
| Length of quays | 24.7 km |
| Klaipėda Free Economic Zone | 412 ha, more than 100 businesses, over 4,500 employees |
Šilutė, the Nemunas and the rest of the region
Outside Klaipėda, Šilutė is the region’s largest town, and EKGT notes that people most often call it the capital of Lithuania Minor. Its plants produce furniture for export, peat substrates, dairy products, flour and cast stone. Neringa and Pagėgiai belong to the region in full, and so do Priekulė, Dovilai and Kretingalė in Klaipėda district.
Along the Nemunas, a regional road links Klaipėda with Šilutė, Jurbarkas and Kaunas. The Nemunas and the Curonian Lagoon also form an inland waterway to Kaunas, used for cargo voyages and oversized loads. The region’s best-known places are the Curonian Spit and the Nemunas delta.
Routes by sea and road from Lithuania Minor
From Klaipėda, freight ferries cross to Sweden, Germany and Denmark. Loads to and from Sweden cross on the Karlshamn ferry in our own trucks. German loads go with partner carriers, by the Kiel or Travemünde ferry or by road through Poland. Latvia is reached on the coastal road through Palanga to Būtingė.
For Poland, the A1 leads to Kaunas, where Via Baltica continues south to the Kalvarija crossing.
How a load runs from Lithuania Minor
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.
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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.
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We plan the truck
We choose our own truck or check a partner carrier for your dates.
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You get a fixed price
We confirm the price and the planned collection and delivery days.
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You get the truck details
Before loading you get the truck and trailer numbers and the driver’s phone number.
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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.
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Delivery and one invoice
After delivery you get the signed consignment note and one invoice from RNJ Transport.
Frequently asked questions
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Can you take goods from a Klaipėda port terminal to Šilutė or further inland?
Yes. We collect full loads at the port terminals and in the free economic zone. Then we deliver them to Šilutė, Kaunas, Vilnius or abroad. Give the terminal, the release date and the load size. One contact person handles the load from the terminal to the delivery address.
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Do you deliver to companies in the Klaipėda Free Economic Zone?
Yes, when the load is not dangerous goods. The zone covers 412 ha close to the port, and its plants work with plastics, chemicals, vehicle parts and large metal structures. We bring full loads of packed materials and equipment from Western Europe and from other Lithuanian cities. Chemicals classed as dangerous (ADR) need another carrier.
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How do you move loads from Lithuania Minor to Sweden?
On our own trucks whenever one is free, using the Klaipėda–Karlshamn crossing. RNJ Transport runs most of its own-truck loads on this route. If our trucks are busy, we put the load on a checked partner’s truck, which may use the Trelleborg ferry instead. One contact person in our Klaipėda office stays with you the whole time.
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Is Klaipėda part of Lithuania Minor?
Yes. Klaipėda city lies in Lithuania Minor on the 2025 ethnographic map approved by EKGT, together with Neringa, Pagėgiai and the Šilutė area. Gargždai, next door, belongs to Žemaitija, so the regional boundary runs close to Klaipėda. RNJ Transport’s office is in Klaipėda, at Šilutės pl. 105A.
Sources (8)
- EKGT: Lithuania Minor ethnographic region
- EKGT: map of Lithuania’s ethnographic regions (2025)
- VLE encyclopaedia: port of Klaipėda
- Statistics Lithuania: cargo handled in sea ports, 2024–2025
- Statistics Lithuania: road vehicles handled in sea ports, 2024–2025
- Klaipėda Free Economic Zone: explore the zone
- Invest Lithuania: Klaipėda region
- Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority: cargo logistics
We checked these sources on 24 October 2026.
Plan a load from Lithuania Minor with our Klaipėda team
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 38573A 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:
- Loading and unloading place
- Cargo: type, pallets or loading metres, weight
- Loading date
- Company name
- Your phone number