A navegação de cabotagem no Brasil: sua história, cenário atual e importância como uma das alternativas eficazes para o futuro do transporte de cargas no Brasil

Abstract

The present monograph aims to study the current overview and future perspective of Brazil's cabotage navigation, stablishing a connection with its history closely linked with the development of coastal cities and Brazil since the first centuries after the discovery with its current situation where its potential is under utilised despite the natural conditions that our country presents such natural ports and extensive navigable coast. It is presented the problems that impede its growing such as low efficiency of ports, the bunker price which on cabotage has a higher cost, the great number of foreign shipping companies using improperly our coast for cabotage as well as the burocracy involved and even the the road culture of our country which was created on decade of 30 of last century during the government of President Washington Luís. Besides this, it is discussed the importance of Petrobrás on the cabotage with her big number of vessels operating and the volume of cargoes transported. The work is concluded presenting some solutions for the increase of cabotage in Brazil, such as the creation of connections betweens different modals, rethink the tax treatment of navigation companies, the creation of "Hub Ports" for the distribution of cargoes and the advantages of using this transport modal together with other modals in the process called multimodality and the importance to promote a consciouness effort of public power regarding the importance of cabotage navigation