Girteka
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 Headquarters in Vilnius | |
| Type | Privately held corporate group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Logistics |
| Founder | Mindaugas Raila |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Europe |
Key people | Edvardas Liachovičius (CEO, Girteka Group) Pavel Kveten (CEO, Girteka Logistics) |
| Services | Temperature-controlled and high-value cargo transportation. |
| Revenue | €1.93 billion (2022)[1] |
| €164 million (2021)[1] | |
| €67 million (2021)[1] | |
| Total assets | €1.021 billion (2021)[1] |
| Total equity | €0.274 billion (2021)[1] |
Number of employees | 13,000[1] (2025) |
| Website | girteka |
Girteka is a Lithuanian[2] transport and logistics company based in the city of Vilnius, operating in Europe and Scandinavia. It was founded in 1996 by Mindaugas Raila who, at the age of 24, bought a single used truck complete with a trailer.[3][4][5]
Today, it is one of Europe's largest asset-based logistics companies.[6][7] Girteka delivers more than 700,000 full truck loads (FTLs) every year, with more than 6,000 fully owned trucks and 7,000 trailers that operate across mainland Europe, the UK, and Scandinavia.[1][8] Up to 95% of jobs are dispatched electronically,[9] resulting in 97–99% DIFOT.
Today, the company employs more than 13,000 people from more than 20 nationalities. Girteka has offices in Lithuania, Poland, Georgia, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[6]
Scope of Services
[edit]Girteka specializes in temperature-controlled and high-value cargo transportation across the continent, delivering a wide range of goods, including fresh, chilled, frozen, and processed foods.[10]
Focusing on the following operational segments within road transportation:
- Food [11] and Beverage[12]
- Electronics and High-Tech [13]
- Healthcare and Pharma [14]
- Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) [15]
- Retail [16]
- E-commerce and Parcels [17]
- Automotive [18]
- Industrial and Manufacturing [19]
- Fashion and Lifestyle [20]
- Agricultural [21]
- Cosmetics and Hygiene [22]
- Chemicals [23]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "ANNUAL-REPORT-2022" (PDF). Girteka Logistics. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ↑ Segers, Ludo; Šuliokas, Justinas (2017-10-23). "Lithuania's public secret, Europe's biggest transport company is located here". Delfi.lt. The Lithuania Tribune. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ↑ Trucks, RoadStars – powered by Mercedes-Benz. "RoadStars: Lean & clean". roadstars.mercedes-benz.com.
- ↑ "Conditions for road transport workers splits Europe into east and west — Nordic Labour Journal". www.nordiclabourjournal.org.
- ↑ International Road Transport Union (IRU) (2022). Posting of Drivers in the EU -- Lithuania (PDF) (Report).
- 1 2 Ludo Segers; Justinas Šuliokas. "Lithuania's public secret, Europe's biggest transport company is located here". DELFI. The Lithuania Tribune.
- ↑ "Europe's Top Trucking Firm Sees Demand Booming in Boost for Oil". Bloomberg. 2020-10-23.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2022" (PDF).
- ↑ "Case Study: Girteka". Track-POD.
- ↑ "Girteka - Cold Chain Logistics Services". 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Temperature-Controlled Logistics - Refrigerated Transport". 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Beverage Transportation Services - Road Transportation". 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "High-Value Cargo Transportation - Secure Logistics - Girteka". 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Pharma & Healthcare Logistics - Pharma Transport - Girteka". 2025-01-17. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Transportation - Logistics". 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Logistics Solutions for Retail Supply Chain - Girteka". 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Logistics solutions for E-commerce & Parcels - Girteka". 2024-11-03. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Road Transportation Services for Automotive - Girteka". 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Road Transportation Services Industrial & Manufacturing". 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Fashion & Lifestyle Logistics - Transportation Services". 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Road Transportation of Agricultural Products - Girteka". 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Road Transportation for Cosmetics & Hygiene". 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ "Road Transportation for Chemicals - Girteka". 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-12-05.