As limitações do transporte ferroviário de carga em uma empresa de logística ferroviária da região nordeste

Abstract

This paper aims to demonstrate the main restrictions of freight transport on rail transportation. Moreover , it also has the intention to show the main difficulties of rail modal, as the lack of manpower, few suppliers , the situation of the Brazilian railways . The Brazilian railway for many years lived a situation of neglect , after the process of granting knitted modal began living a new reality, where investments in the mesh may result in the growth of the transport segment.Thus, we demonstrated the main activities that make up the logistics business which may vary according to the companies . Analyzed the Brazilian transportation matrix that has the focus on road transport and the main features of the existing modes of transport as well as their advantages and disadvantages waspresented. A bibliographic analysis of the principal authors was taken in the field of logistics as well as a case study with a rail logistics company in the Northeast in order to analyze what are the main constraints of the rail freight industry . Information was obtained through interviews with some managers and employees of the company.Thus , it is possible to check the main bottlenecks in the railway sector as well as point out the possible solutions that are identified by the company as a way to reduce the cost of their activity besides improving freight transportation in the region to be an advantageous transport over large distances and large amounts of load.