ANALYSIS OF FREIGHT RATES FOR BULK SOYBEAN WITHIN THE UNI- AND MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM
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.
Published
2016-10-31
Section
Agrobusiness
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