Strategic cooperative effort
Swiss freight wagon hire company and Lithuanian railway operator team up. Wascosa and LTG Cargo Polska want to expand intermodal transport between the Baltic States and Western Europe. They see this as an important step towards more sustainable logistics and towards efficiency.
Germany is one of Lithuania’s largest trading partners. This fact underlines the great importance of the Kaunas–Duisburg intermodal line in the long-term strategy of LTG Cargo Polska, a subsidiary of the Lithuanian railfreight enterprise LTG Cargo.
Its partnership with Wascosa, which includes the delivery of 36 ‘Nikrasa’ 3.0 adapters for the quick and easy loading of non-craneable semi-trailers onto the railways, strengthens LTG Cargo Polska’s position as one of the Baltic states’ key railfreight operators to and from Western Europe.
At the same time it is pursuing its goal of expanding intermodal transport solutions and offering customers better benefits through efficient and logistics options that go easier on the environment. The collaboration is also in line with LTG Cargo’s comprehensive sustainability strategy, which has already led to significant achievements. Intermodal transport helped avoid 66,500 t of CO2 emissions in 2023.
The only railway with the right licences
Wascosa is also committed to implementing innovative measures for railfreight logistics operations. According to Wascosa CEO Iris Hilb “the Nikrasa solution fits perfectly into our market strategy, offers our customers significant added value and supports a further shift to the railways.”
By integrating this technology into freight wagon hire, Wascosa aims to meet growing demand for more economical supply chains that go easier on the environment. Thus this partnership is an important milestone for the partners in Poland and strengthens LTG’s operational capacity as the only railway enterprise with the necessary licences to operate in Poland and the Baltic states.