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Lazauskas said his experience in the international business services and audit company Ernst & Young Baltic, as well as work with Kazakh and Ukrainian companies should help him in freight negotiations with Eastern countries.

Amid reports about Latvia's lately extremely active efforts to take over Belarusian cargo, LG's new freight directorate chief says that competitors may use various methods they come up with.

"If there are clients who, for one reason or another, decide to change the service provider, we will talk and attempt to prove that we are a company that seeks efficiency and that we will provide them with better services than competitors," Lazauskas told.

In his opinion, disputes with one of the company's biggest partners, Orlen Lietuva, should be settled by way of discussions, as judicial disputes do not contribute to a better reputation.

"There are planned meetings, we will exchange information and formulate a common position. Without talking and without negotiations, there will not be a good result. The new leadership will make efforts to assess the situation and speak with one of our main clients. We would indeed want the relations to change for the better, courts is not the place for creating a good reputation," said one of the top executives of LG.

On Tuesday, LG leaders met with freight companies of Klaipeda and discussed revision of tariffs and bringing more transparency.

"We think we're on the right track, and about specific contracts – I believe I need to study them better and look at the papers," Lazauskas told. The railway company recently revised the contract of service tariffs with Achemos Grupe's largest stevedoring company, Klasco.

In his words, LG intends to publish basic tariffs to allow every client to check the calculations, furthermore, the list of services will be reviewed: "The course is that every client should have a clear understanding of what he pays for will be maintained."

Prior to the appointment, Lazauskas was the executive director of Ernst & Young Baltic since 2002.