the cabotage in Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze some points of the current situation of coastal shipping (cabotage) in Brazil, comprehended as a constitutive element of the dynamic movement of goods flows in the country, aimed at increasing the knowledge about the relationship between the use, regulation and organization of the territory, and its relationship with the public power and private companies in Brazil today, emphasizing: the role of the circulation and its importance in the structuring of the territory, the recent governmental actions for this transportation modal; statistics contemporary of goods movement; the main fixed and flows; the main private actors operating in Brazilian cabotage; as well as the main spatial circuits of production which uses the modal.

Key words:
Circulation; Fixed; Flows; Water transportation; Cabotage