ANALYSIS OF FREIGHT RATES FOR BULK SOYBEAN WITHIN THE UNI- AND MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Authors

  • Rodrigo Oliveira Souza Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Camila Pires Cremasco
  • Luís Roberto Almeida Gabriel Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17765/2176-9168.2016v9n4p819-837

Keywords:

Logistics, Freight, Quantitative methods, Multimodal transport.

Abstract

Transport is the link between producing and processing units within agribusiness, featuring an important participation in the country´s economy. Although it is the displacement of enormous amount of cargo, most products have low aggregated value and high transport value. This is the case of soybean, a commodity in which freight rates are highly significant in the product´s final price. It is very important to identify transport means and ways that reduce freight rates. Current research analyzes transport of soybean from São Simão GO Brazil to Osvaldo Cruz SP Brazil, the former town is a great producer of the commodity and the latter town is a great processer of the same. Research also compares the uni- and multi-modal road transport system used. Data were analyzed by statistics and simulation. Results show that the multimodal system, within the route investigated, provides a significant decrease in the final freight rate (33.3%) when compared to that in the exclusively road transport.

Author Biographies

Rodrigo Oliveira Souza, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Graduado em Logística para o agronegócio pela Faculdade de Tecnologia de Presidente Prudente. Aluno especial da Estatística da UNESP de Presidente Prudente, 2009. Em 2010 Aluno especial no mestrado em matemática aplicada e computacional na UNESP de Presidente Prudente, nas disciplinas modelos de regressão, simulação de Monte Carlo e cadeias de Markov. Mestrado em Engenharia Elétrica na UNESP, campus de Ilha Solteira, atualmente doutorando em Engenharia de Produção na UFRGS

Camila Pires Cremasco

Faculdade de Ciências e Engenharia, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus de Tupã, Laboratório de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional

Luís Roberto Almeida Gabriel Filho

Faculdade de Ciências e Engenharia, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Campus de Tupã, Laboratório de Matemática Aplicada e Computacional

Published

2016-10-31

How to Cite

Souza, R. O., Cremasco, C. P., & Gabriel Filho, L. R. A. (2016). ANALYSIS OF FREIGHT RATES FOR BULK SOYBEAN WITHIN THE UNI- AND MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM. Revista Em Agronegócio E Meio Ambiente, 9(4), 819–837. https://doi.org/10.17765/2176-9168.2016v9n4p819-837

Issue

Section

Agrobusiness