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What should be the road cutoff distance? This is the distance above which by sea is more advantageous (economically). Eurostat (figure 4.12, p62) gives an average of 200 km for food products. Interestingly, food products prefer the road for longer distances (figure 4.25, p72). It is clear that road is a less used option when going further away (figure 4.13 (p63)).
 
What should be the road cutoff distance? This is the distance above which by sea is more advantageous (economically). Eurostat (figure 4.12, p62) gives an average of 200 km for food products. Interestingly, food products prefer the road for longer distances (figure 4.25, p72). It is clear that road is a less used option when going further away (figure 4.13 (p63)).
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==== Cutoff distance =====
 
A cutoff distance of 2000km will be used for the moment. However more input on this number is needed. It might be interesting to see for each country, how many extra-country producers there are. And how far thos extra-country producers are away.
 
A cutoff distance of 2000km will be used for the moment. However more input on this number is needed. It might be interesting to see for each country, how many extra-country producers there are. And how far thos extra-country producers are away.
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==== Boat type ====
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Various types of boats can be used to do the transportation. The eco-score document list three types and corresponding environmental impact. We implement this as follows:
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* Atlantic - we use this boat type for anything that has to pass over the Atlantic ocean. So this is used for the Americas and west-coast of Africa. An exception is Iceland, Faroer Islands, Ireland and United Kingdom from Europe;
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* Suez - this is used for any destination/origin that has to use the Suez canal;
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* Mediterranean - this is used for any inter Europe transport (Mediterranean, Baltic, North Sea);
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It might be that for some destinations the Atlantic and Suez boats are too large. We need more information on some destinations.
    
=== Transport routes ===
 
=== Transport routes ===
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