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Road freight for companies in Šiauliai and its free economic zone

Manufacturers in Šiauliai, the largest city of northern Lithuania, can ship full truckloads through RNJ Transport. The city has a free economic zone, an industrial park and a cargo airport. Klaipėda port is about 175 km away by road. Our own trucks can carry Swedish loads, and checked partners serve Norway, Germany and the Benelux.

  • The Šiauliai free economic zone covers 132 ha, with plots of 1 to 25 ha next to the main roads and the airport.
  • A rail track serves both the Šiauliai industrial park and the free economic zone, and a public intermodal terminal stands beside them.
  • Šiauliai lies on the EU core rail line between Kaunas and Klaipėda, and a second line runs north to Latvia.
  • The largest foreign investors in Šiauliai come from the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, according to the city.
A truck with a curtainsider trailer on a motorway between fields of yellow rapeseed
Local facts
Region Žemaitija
Road distance to Klaipėda About 175 km
Driving time About 2 h 55 min with one driver
To the Polish border About 250 km, Kalvarija and Budzisko crossing
Main roads A12 north to Riga and south-west to Tauragė; A11 (E272) west to Telšiai and Palanga; A9 east to Panevėžys
Industry Furniture, bicycles and e-bikes, metal components, electronics, electrical equipment, household appliances, building materials
Industrial and logistics areas Šiauliai free economic zone (132 ha), Šiauliai industrial park (about 60 ha), an intermodal rail terminal, Šiauliai International Airport
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.

Šiauliai industry and its exports

Šiauliai makes electronics, metal products and furniture, and logistics is one of its main skills. Invest Lithuania adds bicycles and e-bikes, heating and ventilation equipment, electrical equipment, household appliances and building materials. A furniture cluster in the area makes soft and wooden furniture for a global retail brand. One upholstered-furniture plant sells most of its sofas in the Nordic countries.

The largest bicycle factory in the Baltic states works in Šiauliai, and the plant says it can build up to 500,000 bicycles and e-bikes a year. Packed bicycles, sofas and appliances take up floor space rather than weight, so we plan the trailer by floor space.

Industrial areas in Šiauliai
AreaSizeWhat is there
Šiauliai free economic zone132 ha, plots of 1 to 25 haNext to the main roads and the airport; rail track
Šiauliai industrial parkAbout 60 ha14 companies with about 6,400 employees (2025); rail track
Intermodal terminalMore than 29,000 m²A 258 m loading track, power points for reefer containers, an end ramp
City business land87 plots51 plots under 0.5 ha, 32 of 0.5 to 3 ha, 4 over 3 ha

Roads, rail and the airport around Šiauliai

Three main roads meet in Šiauliai. The A12 runs north to Meitene on the Latvian border, 54 km away, and on to Riga, and south-west to Tauragė. The A11 leads west to Telšiai and Palanga, and the A9 east to Panevėžys. Via Lietuva names the east-west corridor E272 from Vilnius to Palanga, which passes Panevėžys and Šiauliai.

Šiauliai International Airport lies 7 km from the city. It has a 3,500 m runway, works 24 hours a day and has cold storage for cargo. Truck ferries to Sweden and Germany leave from Klaipėda, the end of the rail line and of the A11 corridor to the coast.

How a load runs from Šiauliai

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. Can you take a full load from the Šiauliai free economic zone to Sweden?

    Yes. The truck drives about 175 km to Klaipėda and crosses on the Karlshamn ferry. Our own truck takes Swedish loads when it can. Otherwise a checked partner drives. Send the plot address in the zone, the loading time and the number of pallets.

  2. Do you carry bicycles and upholstered furniture from Šiauliai?

    Yes. Packed bicycles, sofas and armchairs travel on curtainsider trailers and fill the floor before the weight limit. We deliver them to Scandinavia, Germany and the Benelux. Norway needs export and import declarations, and a partner customs broker prepares them as part of the same booking.

  3. Can you bring components from the Netherlands to the Šiauliai industrial park?

    Yes. Inbound loads from the Netherlands and Belgium are our main international work. A checked partner truck loads at your supplier’s site, enters Lithuania through Poland and delivers to your gate in the park. The park and the zone also have rail track, but we deliver by road.

  4. Is Šiauliai in Žemaitija or Aukštaitija?

    Žemaitija. On the ethnographic map that EKGT approved in 2025, Šiauliai city belongs to Žemaitija, while Radviliškis, Joniškis and Pakruojis to the east are in Aukštaitija. For freight the line makes no difference. The A12, A11 and A9 connect Šiauliai with both regions.

  5. Do you deliver from Šiauliai to Riga?

    Yes. Riga lies about 130 km north on the A12, across the border at Meitene. Checked partner carriers deliver to Riga, its port or other Latvian addresses. Give us the Latvian address and the date, and our team plans the load.

Sources (6)
  1. Šiauliai city municipality: investor brochure 2024
  2. Šiauliai city municipality: city booklet 2025
  3. Invest Lithuania: Šiauliai region
  4. Cycling Industry News: Lithuania’s bicycle industry (2023)
  5. EKGT: map of Lithuania’s ethnographic regions (2025)
  6. LTG Infra: rail network statement 2026–2027

We checked these sources on 24 October 2026.

Send us your load from Šiauliai

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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