From Klaipėda and the rest of western Lithuania we deliver to the Czech Republic and Slovakia in up to 2 days from loading, whether it is a full truck of furniture or a single pallet.
Klaipėda port and Lithuania's furniture belt
Klaipėda is an ice-free port where the Curonian Lagoon meets the Baltic. Besides the container terminals it has ferries from Kiel in Germany and Karlshamn in Sweden carrying trailers and trucks. Behind the city lies a free economic zone with production halls and warehouses. Western Lithuania is also one of Europe's largest producers of flat-pack furniture – plants in and around Klaipėda and in Šiauliai supply shelves, wardrobes and tables to large retail chains.
| Place | What is there | What we carry from it |
|---|---|---|
| Klaipėda – port | container terminals, ferry terminal | container goods after clearance, pallets off the ferries |
| Klaipėda – free zone (FEZ) | manufacturing and warehousing | parts, packaging, plastics, industrial goods |
| Klaipėda, Gargždai | furniture and woodworking plants | flat-pack furniture in cartons, board components |
| Šiauliai | furniture and an industrial park | furniture, metal and machine parts |
| Telšiai, Kretinga | Samogitian dairies and food plants | cheese and dairy products in a reefer |
Getting flat-pack furniture there undamaged
- Cartons stand on pallets in tight blocks, with cardboard corner protectors.
- Heavy wardrobes go at the bottom, light shelving on top; pallets are only stacked if the manufacturer allows it.
- Unboxed board components travel strapped on pallets so the edges do not rub.
- A furniture truck usually fills up by volume before weight, so we work in loading metres: a full truck has 13.6 m and 33 euro pallets up to about 24 t.
From Klaipėda via Kaunas and Poland
The truck takes the A1 motorway to Kaunas, then the Via Baltica via Marijampolė to the Kalvarija – Budzisko crossing and in Poland the S61 and S8 towards Warsaw. For Moravia and Slovakia it continues on the A1 via Katowice to Ostrava and the D1 to Brno or via Žilina; for Bohemia via Wrocław and Náchod. That is why Brno is nearer than Prague. Poland and Lithuania are in the EU and Schengen, so there is no waiting at borders and goods travel without customs. The Lithuanian road charge, the Polish e-TOLL and the Czech or Slovak toll are included in the price we quote. Poland restricts heavy trucks on public holidays and summer weekends, which we allow for when planning.
What we need for a price from Klaipėda
- The loading address – port, FEZ zone or factory.
- For furniture the number and size of cartons or pallets, for food the temperature.
- The delivery point in the Czech Republic or Slovakia and the date.
We send the offer within 30 minutes in office hours, and the vehicle is usually arranged within 24 hours of confirmation. Smaller shipments travel as groupage from one pallet.
More pages: Freight from Lithuania · Vilnius and Kaunas · Riga and Liepāja · Gdańsk
Taking furniture from Lithuania every week? We agree a fixed loading day in Klaipėda and a long-term rate – regular transport, or write to us.
Related guides: Importing goods from the EU · Furniture transport · Preparing pallets