The Klaipėda State Seaport Authority has completed testing of its eFTI4EU pilot. The pilot looked at how electronic freight transport information can support competent authorities in monitoring and controlling inbound logistics flows at the port. As a beneficiary of eFTI4EU, the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority is contributing to the development of practical solutions that support the implementation of the eFTI Regulation and the broader transition towards digital freight information exchange across Europe. The Lithuanian pilot has also helped prepare the authority for the full application of eFTI in July 2027.
The pilot was planned during 2025, and a procurement process selected Solita, Witronia and Vediafi as technology suppliers. Development was completed in June 2026, and piloting took place in September and October 2026. The main objective was to demonstrate how eFTI data can be securely exchanged between economic operators and competent authorities and integrated with existing port systems. A central element of the pilot was the integration between the port’s KIPIS information system and the eFTI Authority Access Point (AAP). The AAP manages and authorises access to business-to-authority information. Competent authorities can request transport data through the eFTI environment while access control stays secure and transparent.
In practice, when a vehicle carrying cargo enters the port, KIPIS can use vehicle identification data to request information through the AAP and check whether dangerous goods data are available in the eFTI environment. Where relevant, more detailed shipment information can then be retrieved and compared with the information already declared in the port system. The scenario reflects a real need at the port. When cargo moves between sea and road, the controls that matter most concern dangerous goods, especially classes 1 (explosives), 6.2 (infectious substances) and 7 (radioactive material). Witronia contributed the dangerous goods expertise used to define these cases.
The pilot began with planning, use-case definition and technical design, followed by development and testing. In total, 29 test scenarios were defined, covering business processes, data validation and usability. Testing moved from technical and system tests to user acceptance testing. The first user acceptance session took place in September 2026, when the planned scenarios were demonstrated to end users and successfully validated. In the final phase, KIPIS was connected to the wider eFTI data exchange environment and tested together with selected competent authorities operating in the port. Testing was completed in October 2026. No live shipments were used. The pilot team generated the test data from example data and real freight documents, such as CMR consignment notes and dangerous goods pre-notifications, following the national data subsets. Some scenarios included dangerous goods and some did not, and simulated road carriers played the economic operator side.
The end-to-end exchange was successfully piloted, and the authority’s staff gained first-hand experience with eFTI. The pilot showed that eFTI can provide a reliable framework for secure and efficient business-to-authority data exchange and can support the wider digital transformation of port operations. Its multimodal data model also offers a standardised basis for exchanging freight information across different transport modes and stakeholders.
Looking ahead, further integration with port operational systems could unlock additional benefits. For example, connecting automatic number plate recognition and gate automation systems to the eFTI environment could reduce manual reporting and streamline port operations. The authority will also look at what eFTI platforms can offer from a port’s point of view, and at interoperability between platforms as the ecosystem evolves.
For the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority, the pilot is an important step towards operational readiness. It shows how eFTI can be embedded into existing port processes while supporting more efficient, secure and interoperable freight information exchange.
