Competitividade portuária - identificação dos fatores relevantes na percepção dos usuários dos portos

Abstract

The sea transport is the main modal used in brazilian's international commerce, responsible for 93,76%, in 2008, of the whole internacional freight in Brazil, which highlights the importance of the sector for either national exports or imports. The containerization of the load has been quickly growing throughout the years. In 2010, 75% of all loads transported in the world were keep in containers. The main goal of this study was to indentify the most relevant factors that lead to a more competitive port according to the users of the ports of brazilian South-east region. A mainly quantitative assessment reaching descriptive and exploratory subjects has been executed. The Factorial Analysis was chosen as the statistic tool to analyze data. That analysis was driven by 31 variables and identified 8 factors that together explani 75% of the variance found among the 31 studied variables. The identified factors and the percentage of variance were explainde by: Factor 1: Support Infrastructure (15,90%); Factor 2: Customs efficiency (11,97%); Factor 3: Public Power Endorsement (10,04%); Factor 4: Container specialization (9,23%); Factor 5: Port Image (7,68%); factor 6: Speed and security in the operation (7,28%); Factor 7: Audit flexibility (6,67%); Factor 8: Land Acess (6,21%).