Klaipėda · Lithuania
Selling and sourcing containers at the Port of Klaipėda
If containers are due at Klaipėda and no return job is waiting for them, report them before unloading. We look for a buyer or a next use in the Klaipėda area, and register demand from businesses that need containers on the Lithuanian coast or in the wider Baltic region.
What we take on at Klaipėda
Used, one-way, SOC, off-hire and damaged containers due at Klaipėda or already at a terminal or depot, plus demand for dry containers in lots. Reefers and special equipment are reviewed case by case.
Two container terminals, one timeline
The port has two container terminals with their own operators, and each states its own capacity and rail access. We do not act for either of them. What we ask you for is the release date and the terminal, because those decide how long a lot can wait while a buyer is found.
When the local market is not enough
A lot may fit a buyer in another Baltic port better than any buyer here. We compare real distances to Riga and Gdańsk, state them plainly, and only suggest a neighbouring port if it lies within the range the buyer gave us.
Rail and road handover
One of the port's terminals describes rail access on the dock for block trains, and the other reports that a share of its containers moves by rail. For a lot we agree collection and inspection with the parties, and choose road or rail per deal.
Verified port facts
About the port of Klaipėda
- 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
Container terminals named by the sources above: Klaipėda Container Terminal (KCT); Klaipėdos Smeltė Container Terminal. LATYNEX does not represent any terminal.
Equipment
What you can submit for Klaipėda
- Submit supply or demand for Klaipėda: 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.
FAQ
Klaipėda: questions we hear
More context: containers in Lithuania · what SOC and one-way containers are.
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