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side or in the city in a continental country The market has been showing reactions. transport and transit sector, and its users, Among MInfra’s measures to simplify
like Brazil, more than a challenge, deserves Brazilian port handling reached the mark of collecting proposals for reducing bureau- processes and reduce bureaucracy in the
the treatment of public policy (GONÇALVES 1.2 billion tons of cargo in 2021, an increase cracy that provide the simplification of transport sector, it is worth mentioning the
& NEVES, 2020). of 4.8% compared to the previous year, ac- rules and processes, with consequent cost BR do Mar project, which aims to encour-
The NTP identified that the balance of reg- cording to the Statistical Yearbook of the Na- reduction and increased productivity (MIn- age cabotage in the country, by increasing
ulatory actions constitutes an important strat- tional Agency for Waterway Transport (AN- fra, 2019), strengthening institutional artic- supply, encouraging competition, reducing
egy for the development of public policies TAQ). Regarding the handling of containers, ulation with users in the sector. the costs involved and route expansion.
aimed at improving infrastructure and main- ANTAQ recorded an increase of 11%. 4. Perspectives of the current scenario – BR do Mar
taining the conditions of waterways. One of This increase can be attributed to mea-
the points raised, aimed at reducing logistics sures adopted to promote the use of cabo- The BR do Mar Program was born at the The promise of the fleet’s perpetuity
costs in the country, was the issue of cabo- tage in the transport of long-distance car- initiative of the Ministry of Infrastructure, with brought the discourse that, with the expan-
tage. According to the NTP (MTPA, 2018), go, since the truck drivers’ strike in 2018. the objective of bringing greater balance to the sion of the supply of ships, there would be
However, deficiencies in the transport national transport matrix, predominantly road, a substantial increase in the competitiveness
the legal requirements for cabotage matrix are still identified, with the high
must be evaluated in relation to the concentration in the road modal, which encouraging cabotage navigation through a between shipping companies, with an im-
requirements for long-distance naviga- has greatly increased the cost of freight more efficient, sustainable transport matrix, pact on the reduction of the cost of freight,
tion – including with regard to the sim- in the country. Greater efficiency in this with a reduction in costs, optimizing public thus making the modal even more attractive.
plification of documentary aspects and matrix, with distribution in other modes resources and increasing private investment in After a long period of processing in the
the incidence of taxes in the determina- considered to be of high capacity, such logistics infrastructure projects. National Congress, the Bill was approved,
tion of the price of fuels. In this sense, as waterway and rail, would allow signif- Modal integration is essential for increas- giving rise to Law No. 14,301/2022, sanc-
it is necessary to register the possibility icant reductions in the Custo Brasil. This ing the efficiency of the transport sector. tioned, with important vetoes, by the Pres-
of carrying out negotiations with the is identified as one of the priority public Cabotage is a low-cost modal, which is en- ident of the Republic on January 7, 2022.
federative states in order to unify and policies of the Federal Government, as will couraged by the geographical structure of MINfra supports that
simplify the documentary requirements be seen below. the country, consisting of an extensive coast- one of the great advances of the law
regarding cabotage, in order to reduce EPL estimates point to a cost 60% lower line, in addition to inland waterways that will be the possibility of increasing the
bureaucracy and leverage this type of in cabotage navigation compared to road provide a better use of this type of transport. offer and the quality of cabotage trans-
transport at the interstate level. The program was born with bold goals. port, stimulating competition, encour-
navigation (EPL, 2020). It is necessary to re- According to the EPL, it was planned to
In this context, some lines of action were think the way business is carried out in the expand the capacity of the maritime fleet aging competitiveness, and increasing
established, of which we can highlight the logistics and cargo and people transport dedicated to cabotage by 40% and an av- the availability of the fleet dedicated to
incentive to the development of the Brazilian sectors. Normative and regulatory changes erage increase of 60% in the volume of cabotage in the national territory. With
long-haul merchant fleet, cabotage, inland are capable of providing a safer and more transported containers (EPL, 2020). more competition in the provision of the
navigation and port and maritime support, attractive legal environment for investors. The Bill of Law initiated by the Presiden- service, the costs of transporting cargo
as well as the national naval industry from In line with the Federal Government’s cy of the Republic, which was processed between the country’s ports tend to fall.
financing instruments; promote technical guidelines to reduce the Brazil Cost and under number 4.199/2020, brought the Actions aimed at training, training and
and economic studies aimed at promoting with the objective of increasing the com- proposal for changes in the current legisla- qualifying workers in the sector are also
the Merchant Marine and the national naval petitiveness of the country’s transport tion, in order to allow, among other meas- planned (MInfra, 2022).
industry; and reduce the operational costs sector, the Ministry of Infrastructure ures, the participation of foreign vessels in According to the new law, the chartering
of cabotage transport in order to encourage (MInfra) has been working on the Infra + national cabotage navigation, carried out of foreign bareboat ships, with flag suspen-
greater participation of this mode of trans- Debureaucratization Program, which con- exclusively by ships flying the Brazilian flag sion, may be formalized through a contract
port in the movement of goods and inputs. 6 sists of listening to representatives of the pursuant to Law No. 9,432/1997. between Empresa Brasileira de Navegação

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