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There’s a lot to love about rail transport. For starters, it has generous load capacity, stable rates, and all-weather scheduling. And don’t forget that it is environmentally friendly.

Thanks to its favorable geographical position, Lithuania is a popular transit point in international trade. Transport corridors cross this Baltic country from East to West and from North to South. For a long time, Lithuania’s geographical position has given the country a strong position on the international logistics market. Lithuania’s ports connect the CIS and Asia with Western Europe and beyond, with most of the goods flowing through them in transit from East to West.

Despite the much-discussed trade disputes (so-called Trade Wars) between the United States, Europe, and Russia, international transportation and logistics services provider AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG’s year-on-year Transatlantic cargo volume grew by 27% in 2018.

In 2018, the AsstrA corporate group achieved a turnover of 21 million euros from sea shipping, a 49% year-on-year increase. Sea transport solutions now account for 8% of AsstrA’s total offerings, 2% higher than in 2017.

If the so-called hard Brexit becomes a reality, on March 29, 2019, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union. In that case, the transport and logistics industry would face a great challenge.