A navegação de cabotagem no Brasil: sua situação atual, perspectivas e sugestões para sua recuperação

Abstract

This work is aimed at explaining what is coasting in Brazil. Through surveys, a historical retrospective is presented in order to give the reader a understanding of water transport system in the country. The material presented focuses the troubles faced by Brazilian Cabotage that disturbs its developmentas well as data showing the evolution over the years, and explains the factors which caused the actual way of this modal. Some numbers taken from reliable sources are also cited to prove the veracity of the context. By the end, the study brings information that presents future perspectives of Cabotage, as well plausible solutions that could work to its development in the national chain.