O Rio São Francisco como alternativa de transporte para o estado de Minas Gerais

Abstract

Nowadays logistics has been seen as a strategic tool in business, because of the similarity of products. It has to be an activity that can make the difference in the pursuit of customer satisfaction that has become more demanding in the products and services offered by organizations. Issues such as clientele availability, response speed, and cost reduction are considered essential to sustain a business. The logistics are responsible for delivering the right product at the right time, when the customer wants it. Therefore, the necessity of having a great transportable system that delivers the goods to other regions is fundamental. Due to the importance of logistics in this context, it had been seen the opportunity to study the transport system in Brazil in the waterway system, especially in Minas Gerais that although it´s been little explored, it has great potential, taking some of its river ports such as Iturama (Rio Grande), and Santa Vitória (Paranaíba), in Triângulo Mineiro, and Pirapora (São Francisco), offering options for the delivery of products for a wide region, and factors of economic growth to areas of high potential for agribusiness development like the North and Northwest.