Cabotage

Mercosul Line is one of the market leaders in cargo transportation through container cabotage, offering a highly qualified service for cargo transportation, which results in effective transportation security.

Cabotage

Cabotage is navigation between ports in the same country through long-distance navigation and can occur via sea or river routes, where transport is carried out through rivers and artificial channels located in the interior of continents and lakes, one of the types of means of transport aquatic or waterway that occurs through waterways, does not have a long course, and this transport is generally carried out in lakes, lakes and lagoons within the country. This type of transport is named after Sebastião Caboto, an Italian navigator and explorer from the 16th century.

Cabotage in Brazil offers a large stretch of extensive navigable coastline of around 8,500 km and has a large part of its population and economy located and concentrated within 200 km of the coast, which becomes an extremely advantageous factor for long-distance navigation. travel between national ports. Compared to road transport, which has a competitive advantage in terms of cost, load capacity and lower environmental impact, cabotage becomes a viable alternative to make up the supply chain of different sectors.

Cabotage has been growing exponentially in double digits in the last 10 years and yet, it occupies a percentage in the Brazilian transport matrix well below its potential, which is related to the strong cultural trait of the Brazilian supply chain.

Furthermore, it is an extremely promising mode of transport and in recent years it has been expanding its capacity and market coverage through Brazilian shipping companies, in addition, by improving its offer year after year and offering an operation with minimum risks of downtime.

Cabotage Benefits