l <strong>Waterway</strong> <strong>Panorama</strong> Considering the data from the previous table, and the two previous cases, the reduction in shipping costs when using the waterway model is shown in Table 6. For the calculations, we used the following shipping values for the models: R$0.113/t.km in the highway model; R$ 0.070/t.km the railway model; and R$0.046/t.km the waterway model. As seen in the results, the reduction in shipping costs is high, reaching 37.3%. Highway Model <strong>Waterway</strong> Model Cost Reduction Cargo (t) Projection 2012 Highway (km) Railway (kg) Shipping Cost (R$) Highway (km) <strong>Waterway</strong> (km) Railway (km) Shipping Cost (R$) R$ % 1 (unit) 550 713 112,1 150 470 453 72,3 39,8 37,3 7.557.119 550 713 846.850.79 150 470 453 531.114.35 315.736.43 37,3 Reduction of shipping costs when using the waterway 104
Rule edit ANTAQ is seeking to adapt rules to the reality of inland Brazil through the Inland Navigation Superintendence, SNI, simplifying the process of regularization of shipping companies and protecting the rights of users of waterway transportation. During this period, we note the publication of the proposed adjustment of the rule for granting authorizations for cargo transportation services in inland navigation of interstate longitudinal and international routes (Resolution 1,291-ANTAQ), which was submitted to online and on-site public hearings (São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Corumbá, Porto Velho, Manaus, and Belém), under rapporteurship for final approval. Another highlight is the development of the rule for the chartering of foreign vessels in inland navigation, which is also under rapporteurship. The SNI collaborates with the drafting of rules for the regulation of the Cargo Transport Station – ETC and Small-Sized Public Port Facility - IP4, created by Law 11,518, of 2007, introducing the peculiarities of the inland waterway sector. Paraná-Tietê River Basin Workgroup G5+1 is the group formed by the five federal states located in the area of influence of the Paraná-Tietê River Basin, consisting of Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo and the Federal Government, represented by ANTAQ, the Ministry of Transport – MT and the National Department of Transport Infrastructure – DNIT. This group is formalized by the National Council of Secretaries of Transport – CONSETRANS, which has given legitimacy to the development of the work and representation to the group. The work of the G5+1 has started with the drafting of an agenda for improvements to be implemented in the Paraná-Tietê River Basin, focusing on the removal of bottlenecks, increase in length, port terminals for handling, and intermodal services. The construction of locks at the dams of the Paranaíba River (São Simão, Cachoeira Dourada, and Itumbiara), overcoming gaps of 72.90m, 30.98m and 81.87m, respectively, would increase the length of the waterway in 350km and flow the major soybean production on the waterway to the ports of Paranaguá and Santos. In Paranapanema Grande Rivers, the possibility of overcoming the dams Rosana, Taquaruçu, Capivara and Água Vermelha, with gaps of 17m, 28.90m, 52.40m, and 57m, respectively, is studied and would provide a gain of 400km in length to the waterway. These investments are essential to handle the grain production from producing areas of São Paulo, such as São Simão and Itumbiara and as multimodal link to transfer the production in Mato Grosso and the Center-West Region of Brazil. In the Ivaí and Ivinhema Rivers, located in Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul, respectively, it is estimated that specific interventions could provide gains in length of 137km in the Ivaí River 37km and 185km in the Ivinhema River, allowed for the flow of the grain production in a waterway/railway multimodal link, with the ports of Paranaguá and Santos. Finally, it would allow for an extensive waterway network with full inter- 105