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XI CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE COSTOS Y GESTION
XXXII CONGRESO ARGENTINO DE PROFESORES
UNIVERSITARIOS DE COSTOS
THE MODAL SHIFT OPERATION ON CONTAINERIZED CARGO AS STRATEGY TO
REDUCE LOGISTICS COSTS
ABSTRACT
Tipificación: Comunicaciones de experiencias profesionales
Modal shift strategy shall be an important decision making weapon in the logistics costs in
order to get competitive advantages for transport companies. This includes logistics general
costs representing an alternative to decrease port chaos, as well as to allow the responsible
management for entire company environment. The port transactions require holistic elements
that support decision making. Particularly for present case, rail transport was emphasized as
a sustainable option in the modal shift since it reduces the emission of CO2, which permit
gains for the both company and society; however, in Brazil operation faces limited logistic
theoretical references. That is why necessary deep studies on the specific theme even its
adoption by the companies. It has been proved that modal shift is a complex alternative,
which requires attention to the several factors involved in the containerized cargo
transportation, from the distance between ports and hinterland, providing competitive
advantages through operational logistics costs and inventory-theory references in the supply
chain and kind of modal adequate to each identified conditions in the geographical and
political space being studied.