Road freight between Lithuania and Croatia

Road route from Lithuania to Croatia

The fastest road route from Klaipėda to Zagreb is about 1,670 km. The truck drives through Poland, Czechia and Austria, past Graz. It crosses Slovenia past Maribor and enters Croatia at Macelj. A route through Slovakia and Hungary to the border at Goričan is almost as long. Both routes stay inside the EU, and neither needs a ferry.

Croatia has been in the Schengen area since 1 January 2023. Schengen covers the movement of people. The customs rules for goods did not change on that day. EU goods have moved between Croatia and Lithuania without customs formalities since Croatia joined the EU on 1 July 2013.

Croatia is one hour behind Lithuania all year. When it is 10:00 in Klaipėda, it is 09:00 in Zagreb. Give the loading and delivery times in the local time of each address.

Tolls and driving bans for trucks in Croatia

Croatian motorways charge trucks a toll for each section. The price depends on the length of the section and the vehicle class. A toll law from December 2025 starts a single electronic toll system on 1 March 2027. In the new system, trucks over 3.5 t pay with an ENC on-board unit. Our price includes the tolls.

Trucks over 7.5 t and vehicles longer than 14 m may not use certain state roads at set hours. Most of these roads are on the coast and in Istria, including the D8 coastal road. Motorways are not on the list. The bans on these roads and on road D2 are:

• Saturdays 04:00–14:00 and Sundays 12:00–23:00, from 15 June to 15 September
• Good Friday and the day before a Croatian public holiday, 15:00–23:00
• The last day of a public holiday, 14:00–23:00
• State road D2 from Varaždin to the Slovenian border at Dubrava Križovljanska: Sundays 06:00–22:00, all year

Winter rules for trucks in Croatia

Croatian law defines winter conditions as snow or ice on the road. Then a vehicle without the required winter equipment may not drive. A truck with a trailer may not drive on such a road, even with winter equipment. The minister for transport can also make winter equipment mandatory on some roads for a set time, even without snow.

When snow closes a road to trucks with a trailer, the truck waits or takes another road. We tell you if the planned delivery day changes.

How a load runs to Croatia

For this route, we book a checked partner carrier. You have one contact person from the first message to the signed CMR. You get one invoice, from RNJ Transport.

1. 1

   You send the load details

   Send the addresses, the date, the pallets or loading metres and the weight in the price form.

2. 2

   We find a checked carrier

   We book a partner truck for your dates and check the carrier.

3. 3

   You get a fixed price

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

4. 4

   You get the truck details

   Before loading, you get the plate numbers and the driver’s phone number.

5. 5

   Loading and the trip

   The driver loads your goods with a CMR consignment note. We call you if anything changes.

6. 6

   Delivery, CMR and one invoice

   After delivery, you get the signed CMR and one invoice from RNJ Transport.

Documents for loads between Lithuania and Croatia

Both countries are in the EU customs territory, so EU goods travel between them without an export declaration and without customs formalities. Every load travels with a CMR consignment note. Add the invoice and a packing list, so the receiver can check the goods at delivery.

If the route crosses a country outside the EU, the load travels with a transit document. Goods from outside the EU that are not yet cleared also need a transit document. Tell us before loading.