New National Logistics Plan foresees handling of up to 104% more cargo in Brazil ports

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government launched the National Logistics Plan (PNL) 2035, which states that “investment in intermodality is the way to transform the country’s transportation matrix, increasing efficiency, safety, and sustainability, with the reduction of logistics costs in the movement of cargo and passengers, and the volume of gases emitted into the environment.”

The plan states that transportation infrastructure and services must keep pace with demand by 2035.

It calls for growth of the rail network by over 61% in length; road capacity by over 93%; a 53% increase in the number of airports operating scheduled flights. With respect to ports, the expectation is from 42% to 104% more cargo, plus growth in Arco Norte ports between 73% and 125%.

“The Ministry of Infrastructure knows where it wants to go, where it wants to go. We are aware of the importance of planning so that continuity can be given to all the actions that MInfra has been carrying out in the last three years,” highlighted the executive secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Marcelo Sampaio.

In the case of ports, the plan specifies that “the constant dredging services and the implementation of new river ports increase the potential of waterways throughout the country and, at the same time, contribute to a more sustainable transportation infrastructure.”

The 33 port leases and more than 100 authorizations for private-use terminals made since 2019 reinforce the need to expand the use of cabotage, coastal navigation among the country’s ports.

BR do Mar, a program to encourage this type of transportation and recently approved by the Federal Senate, aims, like the railroads, to promote competition, create routes and, consequently, reduce costs. In other words, to make Brazil more efficient, serving precisely the PNL 2035.