Optimization of logistics though analytics outcomes
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Keywords
Transport equivalent ; Supply chain analysis ; Island trade ; Island economic activity ; Analysis of transport cost subsidiesAbstract
Transport Equivalent is the measure, where it’s implementation seeks to equalize the cost of transport by public transport from mainland Greece to island or from island to island with the cost that would apply in mainland Greece for the same distance.
Island societies face urgent issues of desertification and long-term isolation from the central product markets in which economies of scale are developing. As a result, they are forced to bear the additional cost of transporting people and goods to the islands in relation to inland transport. This additional cost is one of the main causes of intra-regional disparities, reduction of the island population and prevention of the establishment and stay of businesses on the islands. The implementation of the transport equivalent harmonizes this cost of transporting passengers and goods to and from the islands. The application of the transport equivalent harmonizes the cost of transporting goods, to and from the islands, in relation to the cost of land transport. The cost of transporting products is subsidized by resources of the Public Investment Program with rules compatible with state aid in the
EU, to the extent that it harmonizes their movement at sea with the cost on land. The aim is to ensure equal treatment of island communities in terms of the transport costs they are required to pay for their transport, which should be commensurate with the price paid by similarly sized communities on the mainland. It therefore aims to minimize the economic disadvantage that burdens remote island communities so that in turn they contribute more to the country's economic development.