This article examines the consequences for transport and logistics reorganisation following the establishment of fixed links across Great Belt and Oresund in Denmark. The greatest changes in the organisation of transport and logistics chains have been among transport firms, whereas firms within the manufacturing or retailing industries have seen limited or no change. In general, for all the types of firms in this study, the impact from the fixed links on location and organisation of trading links has been rather neutral. A greater impact can be detected in the way firms changed their management of material flows and transport resources. Vehicle kilometres seem to grow as a consequence of the fixed links, while more radical changes in the logistics structures of production and distribution systems are still absent. (A)
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