Otimização da logística de transporte rodoviário de contêineres na ID Cargo Brasil ltda

Abstract

This project seeks to enable the creation of a digital platform to optimize container transportation on the way back to the Port of Rio Grande, in Rio Grande do Sul State. We used the expertise of ID Cargo Brasil Ltda, whose problem lies in the return of its empty containers (both export and import) due to the lack of visibility from customers and carriers about container availability. Facing the evaluated scenario and the increasingly competitive market, companies are looking for alternatives, innovations, studies and partnerships to reduce the impact of road transportation costs and having this technological environment is extremely necessary to meet existing demands. It is worth mentioning that more than 60% of cargo transportation in Brazil is made through roads. Carriers and customers have been facing a crisis in their logistics, due to the lack of container availability, so companies are being forced to reduce costs, increase freight values, and increasingly seek ancillary revenues to compensate for these reductions. In this matter, this work presents the road transport of containers within ID Cargo Brasil Ltda. and its objective is to optimize the use of their truck assets, as a way of reducing costs for transport companies. After analyzing the presented data, we seek an alternative to solve this problem with the development of a digital platform for the optimization of container transport, which aims to be intuitive and, by offering idle routes, improving operational efficiency in road transport and increasing revenue. The correct use of this platform will make logistics operators have better financial results, in addition to reduce vehicles flow on highways, reducing waiting time for container rental and reducing environmental pollution.