Abstract
Distribution becomes the main link in a supply chain when transport efficiency is concerned. Being a huge size country, transport related problems in Brazil should be treated through the application of new information technology and more efficient logistic tools. This paper evaluates ducts and railway modes by the complete cost methodology to find the best alternative for the transportation of petroleum derived products, in a Case Study. The method deals with technical, economic, environmental, social and political factors being equally important, following the concepts of sustainable development. In general, only aspects related to investment, construction, equipment acquisition and financial return have been considered, which is inadequate for the effective functioning of a project. If only construction financial costs were concerned, the best alternative for the transportation of petroleum products would be the railway. However, the Complete Cost analysis shows that ducts are more advantageous with the highest valuation factors (291, 54 points) versus the railway (257,83 points). Therefore, this study contributes to a more effective evaluation and discussion about the important aspects to be evaluated in making a choice for the most sustainable transport mode.
Highlights
This paper presents a Case Study for the evaluation of ducts and railway modes by the complete cost methodology, to find the best alternative for the transport of petroleum derived products
The goal to be achieved by the Complete Cost tool, which is part of the Integrated Planning Resources methodology, permeates areas of knowledge expressed by environmental, political, social and technical-economic dimensions and uses technical analysis and mathematical tools that configure its systemic character (Rigolin, 2013)
The objective of this research is to evaluate ducts and railway transport modes using the Complete Cost tool to find the best alternative for the transport of petroleum products
Summary
This paper presents a Case Study for the evaluation of ducts and railway modes by the complete cost methodology, to find the best alternative for the transport of petroleum derived products. In the case of the fuel market, the following may be considered members of the supply chain: carriers (rail, pipeline, roads or waterways), producers (Petrobras company, private refineries and petrochemical plants), distributors (Shell, Texaco, Esso Cosan, BR, Ipiranga etc.) and consumers (industries, retailers, individuals) (Soares, Leal and Azevedo, 2003). Transfers between facilities of Primary and Secondary Bases are mostly done by road transport (tankers) and rail transport (tank wagons).The Energy Resources Integrated Planning is a methodological tool that, in addition to the short, medium and long term energy planning, it helps decision making in the search of better uses for energy resources in a given region, considering the largest number of variables and parameters involved in a systemic, holistic and rational analysis. The goal to be achieved by the Complete Cost tool, which is part of the Integrated Planning Resources methodology, permeates areas of knowledge expressed by environmental, political, social and technical-economic dimensions and uses technical analysis and mathematical tools that configure its systemic character (Rigolin, 2013)
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