Against the global consensus of accelerating the transition to clean energy, Europe is striving to resolve power shortages and reduce reliance on external energy supplies. Overseas energy storage market demand exploded in 2025, driving a sharp surge in orders for Chinese energy storage manufacturers. Public statistics show that global energy storage cell shipments reached 556.74 GWh that year, representing a year-on-year increase of 96.73%. Leveraging superior technology and production capacity, Chinese energy storage enterprises secured numerous large overseas orders.

Market Opportunities Amid Policy Challenges

In 2025, Lithuania’s Ministry of Energy launched a tender plan for energy storage projects with a total scale of 1.7GW/4GWh. It also announced an investment of 102 million euros to build 800MWh grid-scale energy storage facilities by 2028, aiming to establish a Nordic power hub. The country’s National Energy Independence Strategy sets four core objectives: energy security, carbon neutrality, development of high-value-added energy industries, and affordable and equitable energy supply.

Nevertheless, Chinese enterprises face uncertainties stemming from international geopolitical risks as they ramp up layout in Lithuania. Back in 2024, Lithuania enacted legislation restricting remote access to its energy facility systems by manufacturers from certain countries including China. This means that when expanding into Lithuania and broader Eastern European markets, Chinese energy storage suppliers must not only deliver high-quality products but also resolve post-delivery operation and maintenance issues under full compliance, imposing stringent requirements on supply chain stability and reliability.

36 Energy Storage Cabinets Shipped on One Single Container Vessel

Chinese energy storage firm Company G launched an urgent large-scale export project requiring the one-time shipment of 36 units of 20HQ 5MWh overweight energy storage cabinets from Shanghai Port to Klaipėda Port. At the start of the year, European ports suffered seasonal congestion with scarce container space, making full consignment delivery extremely challenging. The European port backlog crisis peaked in January, with very few direct sailings available. Splitting the 36 overweight cabinets across multiple voyages would not only push up logistics costs but also risk inconsistent arrival schedules, disrupting on-site installation and grid-connected commissioning and escalating project risks.

Market opportunities always favor well-prepared players. As a first-tier booking agent partnering with leading shipping lines, Sungreen Logistics boasts a professional, highly efficient operations team with robust resource allocation capabilities. The team quickly locked in space on the same carrier and identical voyage for the entire batch of cargo.

Synchronized Deployment of 36 Hazardous Goods Certified Trailers

After securing vessel space, the next hurdle lay in domestic overland transportation: coordinating 36 fully certified hazardous goods trailers within a tight window to complete factory pickup and transit arrangements on schedule.

“Overweight energy storage cabinets demand specialized vehicles and highly skilled drivers. We needed to dispatch 36 professional trailers to the factory within the same time frame, safely haul the cabinets to our self-operated hazardous goods warehouse for temporary storage, and await direct loading arrangements to the terminal,” the project manager explained.

Drivers recounted that on the scheduled pickup day, the 36 trailers arrived at the factory sequentially as planned. Lifting, lashing, documentation handover and other procedures proceeded seamlessly without delays or errors. After loading, the convoy transported all cabinets in orderly formation to Sungreen Logistics’ self-operated warehouse for temporary storage, with every link executed smoothly.

Direct Vessel Loading for Timely Departure