O desenvolvimento da cabotagem como aspecto estratégico e competitivo: estudo de caso de uma metalúrgica no estado do Ceará

Abstract

Cabotage is one of the modes of transport that performs the movement of goods from one port to another. In Brazil, over the years, cabotage has advanced in its use in the transportation, contributing to a better economic and environmentalbalance. The present work has importance justified by the performance of the transport sector in Brazil, which provides additional capacity for distribution of loads between the cities, reducing the price of products and made them more accessible to the market. A literature review on the topic, the performance indicators were presented and evaluated, bottlenecks were identified and mapped to propose improvements. It was as a case study with descriptive nature, qualitative approach and data collection by participant observation. Interpreted the results, were observed certain limitations based on the indicators that have been defined to assign value to the business. Through the study, we compared some aspects related to the level of service between the modes of transport and cabotage. Among the main analyzed variables, such as: volume, cost and time, were shown the advantages and disadvantages that qualify mode in favour of its application in cargo handling operations. The benefits obtained with the cabotage operations include increased productivity, reduction in the cost of freight, the optimization in the allotted time, the reduction of damage during the handling of cargo and the better use of resources as a sustainable transport.The study for evaluation of parameters modal of cabotage, by providing subsidies to transport viable choice during the movement of cargo, in addition to contributing to the development of new research in the field of maritime transport.