Road freight guides
The RNJ Transport guides explain how road freight works, in plain words. They cover documents and liability, pallets and loading, and how to book and check a transport partner. Our transport team in Klaipėda writes them from daily work. Each guide explains a rule or a method that does not change from week to week.
Getting started
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Finding a carrier in Lithuania
Four ways to get a truck in Lithuania, three freight exchanges by name, the LINAVA and LINEKA member lists, sector numbers and a decision table.
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Your first export load
Who does what in a factory for its first export load: the Incoterm, loading metres, the transport order, the CMR note and documents for accounting.
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Choosing a freight forwarder
What to include in a quote request, what a freight price includes, how to score a test load and keep two or three forwarders.
Documents and liability
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CMR consignment note
What a CMR consignment note is, when you need one, who completes and signs it, and how the electronic e-CMR works.
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CMR liability and cargo insurance
What a carrier pays under CMR, why the limit is about 10 EUR per kilogram, and when to buy cargo insurance.
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Incoterms for road freight
Which Incoterms 2020 rules fit a truck, who books the transport, where the risk passes and who clears customs.
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Customs inside the EU
The documents for a load inside the EU, and the cases where customs still applies, for example Norway.
Pallets and loading
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Euro pallet dimensions
Euro pallet size, weight and load capacity from EPAL, the marks on a genuine pallet, ISPM 15, and how many pallets fit on a trailer.
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Loading metres
How to calculate loading metres for any load: the 2.4 formula, pallet values, a table for 1 to 33 pallets, stacking and weight.
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Part load or full truck
How to choose between a part load and a full truck: trailer sizes, loading metre examples and a decision table by load size.
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Load securing
What EU rules require for load securing, who does what under CMR and the EU guidelines, and how to prepare pallets for the trip.
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High-value goods
How to plan a high-value road load: the CMR limit, declared value, a direct truck, certified truck parking and the delivery date.
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Reefer transport rules
How a reefer keeps chilled and frozen goods at temperature, which ATP and EU rules apply, and what to agree before loading.
Booking and transport partners
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Forwarder or carrier
What a freight forwarder and a road carrier each do under CMR and Lithuanian law, who answers for your goods, and which one to book.
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Freight exchanges
How a road freight exchange matches loads and trucks, how companies on it are checked, and when to post a load or book a forwarder.
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How to check a forwarder
Seven checks to run on a freight forwarder before your first load, how to use AI reports and references, and a checklist to keep.
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Booking mistakes that raise the price
How late bookings, wrong cargo data and weak route planning raise road freight costs, and what to send us instead.
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Road freight transit time
How EU driving and rest rules, two-driver crews, loading windows, ferries and driving bans turn road freight distance into days, with a worked example.
Lithuania and the Baltic states
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Freight inside Lithuania
Road distances and truck driving times between Klaipėda, Kaunas, Vilnius, Šiauliai and Panevėžys, same-day planning, documents, the 2027 road toll and holidays.
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Truck ferries from Klaipėda
Freight ferries from Klaipėda to Karlshamn and Kiel: sailings, hours at sea, check-in times, trailers without a driver and dangerous goods.
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Road freight in the Baltic states
Road freight between Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: distances, documents, truck road charges, Lithuania’s toll per kilometre from 2027, public holidays that differ, and full or part loads.
News about one dated change, such as a new toll, a driving ban or a new customs rule, is in a separate section. News
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