2024-05-03 20:42:47
The projections are positive as, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, grain production in Brazil is expected to increase by 24.1% over the next ten years. The grain area should expand from the current 77.5 million hectares (Conab – May/2023) to 92.3 million hectares in 2032/33. The numbers are from the study Agribusiness Projections, Brazil 2022/23 to 2032/33 carried out by the Secretariat of Agricultural Policy, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) and by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa).
Since 2020, Brazil has been directing actions towards the expansion of the maritime network, as a way of increasing the performance of this network within Brazil itself and for export, as explained in the article USP Newspaper. According to data from National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq), via the Gov Agency portal, the segment handled 290.1 million tons, a slight expansion of 1.6% in 2023, and showed growth of 11.44% now in February, this growth was driven mainly by containerized cargo, with highlights also for growth in bulk solids and liquids. Container movement reached 11.2 million tons, an increase of 29.19% compared to the same period last year, representing 1 million TEUs, with growth of 24.5% in February 2024. Of this total, 7 .7 million tons were moved long-haul and 3.4 million by cabotage.
Brazil is a country that has around 8 thousand km of coastline, in recent years, Cabotage has grown at an accelerated pace in Brazil. According to a 2018 study by the Ilos Institute, for every 1 container currently in cabotage, there are another 4.8 that would be captured by the waterway mode in the country. The Institute also states that 21% of large Brazilian industries, those that move the largest volume of cargo, intend to change mode: leaving the road transport and opting for cabotage in the coming years. According to data from the same institute, from 2022, Brazil has 63% of production being transported by highways, 19% of production passing through national railways, while water transport moves only 13% of cargo. In terms of comparison, in China, 44% of production is transported by waterway. In other words, there is still a lot of space to be occupied by cabotage, data from Brazilian Association of Cabotage Shipowners.
For Lucas MorgadoExecutive Director of C-Freight, as in any sector, faces a series of challenges that can significantly impact its operations. In addition to climate change, which drastically affects production prospects, the sector deals with issues ranging from margin compression due to the drop in the value of commodities on the market to issues related to legal security. But for Lucas the scenario is positive, “Brazil is a country with great productive capacity in agribusiness and with growth prospects, with the expansion of the maritime transport mode, the intention is to increasingly leverage the flow of production to Brazil out.”
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