Logistics in Change – Approach to Green Export Corridors

IMO’s and EU’s decisions the environmental emissions produced by ships must be lowered substantially in the Baltic Sea Region from 2015. Change of bunker to cleaner and costly marine diesel will affect to the logistics costs especially among the bulk industry.

Important question is to research and define alternative and cost effective logistics routes for the Finnish paper and pulp industry especially to main markets, but also to Baltic and East European Markets.

The project will solve the needs of businesses and in society by the four work packages:

• Demand and changes of export logistics in Kymenlaakso
• Building a low emission logistics system
• Transit logistics in continuous change – upgrade of situation, political and econom