Olli-Pekka Hilmola is Professor of Logistics at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland. His research focuses on industrial management, supply chain management, system dynamics and transportation systems and he has published over 300 publications, including books, conference proceedings and articles. Professor Hilmola is currently on the editorial board of several international journals and published Supply Chain Cases with Palgrave Macmillan in 2017.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 General Economic and Trade Environment.- 3 Was Sulphur Regulation the Reason for the Growth of Unitized Cargo between Finland and Estonia?.- 4 Unitized Cargo: Growing Truck-Based Volumes at the Sea Ports of Estonia, Sweden and Finland.- 5 Maritime Supply Chains: How They Experienced Regulation Change.- 6 Longitudinal Survey Findings from Northern Europe.- 7 Simulation of Different Supply Chain Strategies.- 8 Conclusions.