Restructuring coastal shipping: a participatory experiment

Applying the Island Transport Equivalent to the Greek Islands

“…The reform of the stated minimum requirements framework is a critical condition for reengineering a viable and efficient ferry system. Lekakou and Remoundos (2015) investigated perceptions of island stakeholders and experts on the factors considered essential for the restructuring of the coastal shipping network in Greece. They conclude that there is a need for a decision-making tool where minimum requirements are assessed as a documented function of insularity, depending on multiple factors (distance, size, isolation, accessibility, population, gross domestic product [GDP], seasonality, economic growth, etc.).…”

“…In order to make the system effective, the regulator should specify standards (e.g. ship's capacity) for the services provided (Lagoudis et al, 2011) and monitor performance (Lekakou and Remoundos, 2015). Such a decision-making tool should be based on indices predicated on welldocumented data measuring the relevant parameters of island connectivity.…”

“…According to the findings of the literature review, previous research (Lekakou and Remoundos, 2015) and a thorough examination and classification of the relevant criteria considered for the evaluation of the passenger transport systems' performance, a list of passenger ferry services quality criteria and their corresponding sub-criteria can be defined (Table 1). The criteria and their relevant sub-criteria for the evaluation of the quality attribute of the islands' passenger transport potential with respect to transport needs are illustrated in Table 2.…”

Instruments Used in Short Sea Shipping Research between 2002 and 2019

“…Therefore, research on SSS has received a countless deal of attention from scholars worldwide. For instance, an impressive volume of studies have been conducted for classification and identification of important determinants for its successful undertaking ( [89], [4], [6], [7], [36], [127], [63], [114], [10], [11], [72], [113] , [88], [84], [86], [88], [14], [105], [73], [107], [16], [54] , [65], [18], [17], [15],and [79]).…”

“…From European perspectives, [63] employed the Delphi technique and presented a transport model using grading procedure study on important performance signs of island transportation services. With the same perspectives, [88] also employed the same method to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of SSS and proposed a new approach to clarify some concepts in SSS.…”