According to Marcello Costa, the National Secretary for Land Transport at the Ministry of Infrastructure, rail transport in Brazil will once again become the focus of investments after decades of stagnation and will gain more priority in the distribution of inputs and goods within the national logistics model. According to figures from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Brazil uses rail to transport only 15% of large volumes of goods and inputs in the country. Highways account for 65%. Marcello explains that for products with low added-value and high volume, rail transport is the most appropriate. The planning that the ministry follows aims to balance the transportation matrix, investing mainly in the modes that best adapt to the country, which in its opinion are the rail and waterways, including coastal shipping. The goals of transforming Brazilian logistics are broad and include long-term strategic measures, says Costa. These objectives are included in the National Logistics Planning (NLP), a document that aims to improve and optimize the way products enter and leave the states and arrive at the export routes at the ports. The current NLP covers the period between 2018 and 2025 and foresees more than doubling the participation of the railway modal. “The goal is to increase the railroad’s share of Brazilian logistics to 31-32%,” says Costa.
Source: Agencia Brasil