Selling and sourcing used containers in Lithuania

Reporting containers in Lithuania

Owners, forwarders and NVOCCs can report used, one-way, SOC, off-hire or damaged containers arriving in Lithuania or already standing there. We compare the report with registered demand and give a realistic view, including when we see no fit.

Demand from Lithuania and the region

Traders, exporters, storage and conversion users register what they need. One of the terminals in the port states that it acts as a gateway for Lithuania, Ukraine and other CIS markets, so demand can reach beyond national borders; we register it as stated and never assume a buyer exists.

Areas we cover

Klaipėda is the Lithuanian gateway with its own page and sourced port context. Other Lithuanian locations are handled on request: name the place in the form and we say whether we can help.

The Baltic neighbours

When a Lithuanian request allows it, we compare real distances to neighbouring Baltic ports such as Riga and Gdańsk and state them, so that an offer from a neighbouring country is a considered option rather than an accident of the country field.

• Lithuania has been an EU member state since 1 May 2004, so it is inside the EU customs territory.
• Lithuania adopted the euro on 1 January 2015.
• Lithuania joined the Schengen Area on 21 December 2007.

Sources: european-union.europa.eu · verified 2026-09-21

• Klaipėdos Smeltė (container terminal) describes itself as located in the ice-free port of Klaipėda.
• According to the operator, Klaipėdos Smeltė has 1,088 m of straight container berth and allows 14.10 m vessel draught.
• According to the operator, Klaipėdos Smeltė has installed annual capacity above 1,150,000 TEU and 32,000 TEU storage capacity.
• Klaipėdos Smeltė states it has 1520 mm gauge rail access on the dock for block trains.
• Klaipėdos Smeltė is fully owned by Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), a branch of MSC Group, per the terminal.
• Klaipėdos Smeltė states it serves as a gateway for the markets of Lithuania, Ukraine and other CIS countries.
• Klaipėda Container Terminal (KCT) states a container terminal capacity of 700,000 TEU per year.
• KCT states it handled 491,277 TEU in 2025.
• KCT states about 15% of its containers arrive and leave by railway; it has 4 railway tracks (100 wagons) and a container yard of 23,500 TEU.
• KCT states it handles cargo delivered by road or rail.
• KCT lists a berth draft of 13.4 m at berths 128 and 143/143a, and 600 reefer plugs.

Sources: smelte.lt · smelte.lt · terminalas.lt · terminalas.lt · verified 2026-09-21

• Submit supply or demand for Lithuania: 20' dry (20DC), 40' dry (40DC), 40' high cube (40HC), Reefer, Flat rack, Open top, Tank, Other.
• Dry containers are the core of what we match; every other type is reviewed case by case.