Preparation for the tender of smart electricity meters by Lithuanian energy distribution system operator Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) which is a part of SOE Lietuvos Energija, has received great attention of Lithuanian and international potential producers and suppliers. By implementing a unique public procurement to acquire a smart accounting system (smart meters, information systems for their control and data collection) the Company has invited companies to become familiar with the smart accounting development.

The Danish-capital Klaipeda-based ferry company DFDS Seaways hopes to add two new ferries to its fleet in 2021.

Statistics Lithuania informs that in August 2018, based on provisional data, industrial production totalled EUR 1.98 bln at current prices and, compared to July, seasonally and calendar adjusted, increased by 1.4% at constant prices (unadjusted – by 5.1%).

Lithuania's state-run oil and LNG terminals operator Klaipedos Nafta (Klaipeda Oil) is looking for advisors to draw up a new business strategy until 2030.

SBA, the owner of one of Lithuania's largest furniture manufacturing groups, this year plans to launch construction on a new logistics center and a furniture components factory close to the port city of Klaipeda.

Lithuania needs to develop its efficient electricity capacity to ensure the reliable operation of its energy system in the future, according a study by the country's scientists.

E Energija, a Lithuanian energy group controlled by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and businessman Virginijus Strioga, plans to invest around 150 million euros into a wind farm in the district of Kelme, western Lithuania.

Some 124,000 newly-imported used cars were registered in Lithuania January-August of 2018, up 8.9% from 113,900, in January-June last year.

In the first seven months of 2018, all Baltic ports together received and shipped 90.44 mln tons of cargo, which was 2.6% or 2.297 tons more than in the respective period last year.

Maxima Grupe (Maxima Group), the largest retail group in the Baltics, will use all of the proceeds from last week's 300-million-euro bond offering to refinance short-term loans.