Bothnian Green Logistic Corridor, BGLC

Luleå University of Technology is a partner in the strategically important transportation project Bothnian Green Logistic Corridor, BGLC.

The main goal of the project is increased integration between the Barents region and northern Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea region and Central Europe. The project will work for new intelligent transport solutions and efficient logistical transport chains.

The importance of infrastructure for the regional economy will be studied and collaboration will be strengthened between different actors:

- It will be exciting to study in more detail how we can improve the transport chains with developed methods for collaboration in planning and decision-making, says Kristina L Nilsson, Charlotta Johansson and Maria Öberg in the research group Architecture.

The project was granted by the EU Baltic Sea Program on June 8, 2011 with a budget of 4.8 million Euro (equivalent to about 45 million SEK). The project has 29 partners from 5 countries (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Poland and Germany) and is the largest of the eight projects that were granted funding. Out of the total budget of about 4.8 million Euro, the Baltic Sea Program co-finances about 3.2 million Euro.

Luleå University of Technology participates from the Architecture and Railway Technology Center, and the budget includes 200 000 Euro (equivalent to about 1.9 million SEK) during the years 2011-2014.

In addition to Luleå University of Technology, KTH, Region Västerbotten, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, Municipality of Sundsvall, Region Blekinge, Swedish Transport Administration, City of Oulu, Port of Narvik, Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications (Ministry) are among the partners in the project. A large number of associated partners are also involved (58 in total), such as LKAB, Boliden, Volvo and others.