Luiz Eduardo Garcia Civil Engineer

Agenda Inland Waterways System Main Waterways Systems Actual Transportation Potential Challenges Conclusion

Agenda Inland Waterways System Main Waterways Systems Actual Transportation Potential Challenges Conclusion

Inland Waterways System In the begging, territory occupation Waterways as National Transportation since 1887 until 1927

Agenda Inland Waterways System Main Waterways Systems Actual Transportation Potential Challenges Conclusion

Main Waterways Systems National Multimodal Plan Law 5.917, 19th December 1973 New Plan under Congress Revision Law 12.379, 6th January 2011

Main Waterways Systems The main basins: Amazon (Amazonas, Madeira, Tocantins) Parana (Paraná, Tietê) Paraguay (Paraguai, Paraná) South (Taquari, Lagoa dos Patos)

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TUCURUÍ LOCKS SYSTEM Two Locks: 33m x 210 m Lift Height: (36,5 + 35) m Draft Clearance; (6 – 3,5) m Intermediary Channel (with reservoir): 5,5 km long

PARANÁ – TIETÊ WATERWAY

Agenda Inland Waterways System Main Waterways Systems Actual Transportation Potential Challenges Conclusion

Actual Transportation Low, considering the existing potential The main basins: Amazon (Amazonas, Madeira, Tocantins) Parana (Paraná, Tietê) Paraguay (Paraguai, Paraná) South (Taquari, Lagoa dos Patos)

Agenda Inland Waterways System Main Waterways Systems Actual Transportation Potential Challenges Conclusion

Potential Huge infrastructure without use: 43.000 km potential, only 13.947 km with cargo transport Improve the IWT participation

Investment Transport Infrastructure / GNP (%)

NATIONAL LOGISITC TRANSPORTATION PLAN – PNLT Many years without multimodal planning Since 1950’s, terrestrial infrastructure prioritized against railways and waterway 2007 back to transport planning (PNLT): Reduce cost transportation Improve the transportation mode split with better energy efficiency and less pollution Return to investment

Agenda Inland Waterways System Main Waterways Systems Actual Transportation Potential Challenges Conclusion

Challenges – Environment protection Improve energy efficiency, and reduce costs Contribution to the environment, reducing pollution Following the international experience, preventing/reducing traffic congestion

Challenges – Environment protection The proposed PNLT shift of transportation mode for 2025 induces the benefits: improves 38% energy efficiency produces 41% reduction of fuel consumption reduces 39% of NOx emission reduces 32% in CO² emission (transportation varying from 850,9 to 1.510, 4 billions tons per kilometer)

Challenges – Use of Water Resources Hydropower versus IWT Hydropower Dams constructed without Locks The existing potential of water resources induces the production of this type of energy Difficult to IWT follow the energy rhythm of investments

Challenges – Policy for IWT Development New ways for funding the IWT infrastructure

How to secure funding possibilities?

Challenges – Policy for IWT Development Induce private sector to explore the IWT Induce private sector to explore ports and terminal Induce industrial development along the IW Induce the intermodaliry (Water, Road, Rail)

Agenda Inland Waterways System Main Waterways Systems Actual Transportation Potential Challenges Conclusion

Conclusions Changing needs Improve energy efficiency in transportation, for better costs and environment protection New standards for financing IWT infrastructure Guarantee multiple uses of WR (energy + IWT) Incentives for private participation in IWT Define a Strategic Waterway Plan that proposes a new policy for improving IWT

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Luiz Eduardo Garcia

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Carapicuíba – São Paulo - BRAZIL