Submitted by Marilene Donadel (marilene.donadel@unioeste.br) on 2018-04-27T20:24:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Sandra_Pinela_2018.pdf: 1789015 bytes, checksum: 0d80955c7f8d17635d9db11b7c4dd098 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-27T20:24:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sandra_Pinela_2018.pdf: 1789015 bytes, checksum: 0d80955c7f8d17635d9db11b7c4dd098 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-21 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / International trade in goods and services has grown significantly along the 2,000s decade and kept up in recent years. Maritime transport accounted for 80% of foreign trade operations in 2013, which implies specialized locations to move and transship goods, with maritime ports being strategic points in the global logistics chain. In Brazil, the agricultural sector is the main product in the trade balance, in which agricultural bulk is the busiest product in ports.Yet, 64% of the total produced in the country is concentrated in the states of Mato Grosso, Parana and Rio Grande do Sul, which send a large part of the shipments to the ports of the Southern Region of Brazil. This type of cargo is characterized by large volumes, and low added value. As a result, the port facilities seek to operate quickly and safely. Thus, the present study aims to analyze the technical efficiency of the southern Brazilian seaports by means of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), focusing on the logistic activity of transshipment of solid bulk in the dock area, to identify possible inefficiencies. For this, the theoretical assumptions and parameters on logistics and technical efficiency were used. The empirical data, which comprise the period from 2010 to 2016, were obtained through a survey of the Management Information System (GIS) of the National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq), and consult the reports of the Master Plan of the Ports Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic (SEP/PR). Also, in July and August, 2016, there were technical visits in Paranaguá and São Francisco do Sul ports and unstructured interviews with their managers were carried out. The variables of DEA Model were determined by the statistical method Principal Component Analysis (PCA) which proved to be effective for the reduction of variables, in order to meet the proportionality requirement of the DEA model, as well as to solve the problem of the presence of outliers. The DEA-BCC method proved to be adequate to measure port efficiency, by considering scale variation, not assuming proportionality between inputs and outputs, and being a more realistic approach than DEA-CCR. The main results showed that there is a hierarchical structure for the operation of Brazilian seaports, shaped by the institutional environment, whose regulation is delimited by the Executive Branch Act and the management of the activities is carried out by port operators. Transshipment in the dock area was considered a critical stage in international physical distribution logistics. The determining factor of inefficiency of these ports was the high length of stay of ships. To achieve 100% efficiency, ports need to increase the number of berths and for this to happen, and for that to happen, management strategies or asset investments are needed to improve the speed of transshipment. The gain in efficiency of the ports of the South of Brazil will allow greater competition with the others and will provide greater development of the region. / O comércio internacional de mercadorias e serviços cresceu de forma expressiva no decorrer da década de 2000 e manteve o ritmo nos últimos anos. O transporte marítimo representou 80% das operações de comércio exterior em 2013, o que implica em considerar os portos locais estratégicos para a movimentação e transbordo das mercadorias. No Brasil, o setor Agropecuário constitui os principais produtos da Balança Comercial, em que os granéis agrícolas figuram como os mais movimentados nos portos. Ainda, 64% do total de grãos produzido no país se concentram nos estados do Mato Grosso, Paraná e Rio Grande do Sul, que enviam grande parte dos carregamentos para os portos do Sul do Brasil. Pela natureza da carga envolver grandes volumes e baixo valor agregado, as instalações portuárias buscam operar com maior rapidez e segurança. Por isso, o presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar a eficiência técnica dos portos marítimos do Sul do Brasil, por meio da Análise Envoltória de Dados (DEA), com enfoque na atividade logística de transbordo de granéis sólidos na faixa do cais, para identificar possíveis ineficiências. Para tanto, são considerados os pressupostos e parâmetros teóricos sobre logística e eficiência técnica. Os dados empíricos, que se referem ao período de 2010 a 2016, foram obtidos por meio de pesquisa ao Sistema de Informações Gerenciais (SIG), da Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviário (Antaq) e consulta aos relatórios do Plano Mestre dos portos da Secretaria dos Portos da Presidência da República (SEP/PR). Também, em julho e agosto de 2016 realizou-se visitas técnicas nos portos de Paranaguá e São Francisco do Sul e entrevistas não estruturadas com os seus gestores de logística. As variáveis do modelo DEA foram determinadas por meio do método estatístico de Análise dos Componentes Principais (ACP), que se mostrou efetivo para reduzir o número de variáveis e atender ao requisito de proporcionalidade do modelo DEA, bem como para solucionar o problema da presença de outliers. A abordagem BCC se mostrou adequada para medir a eficiência dos portos, por considerar variação de escala, não assumir proporcionalidade entre inputs e outputs e ser considerada uma abordagem mais realista do que o DEA-CCR. Os principais resultados mostraram que existe uma estrutura hierarquizada para a operação dos portos marítimos brasileiros, moldada pelo ambiente institucional, cuja regulamentação é delimitada por Ato do Poder Executivo e o gerenciamento das atividades é realizado pelos operadores portuários. O transbordo na faixa do cais foi considerado um estágio crítico na logística de distribuição física internacional. O fator determinante da ineficiência desses portos foi o tempo demasiado de estadia dos navios. Para o alcance de 100% de eficiência, os portos necessitam aumentar a quantidade de atracações e para que isso ocorra, são necessárias estratégias de gestão ou investimentos em ativos para melhorar a rapidez do transbordo. O ganho de eficiência dos portos do Sul do Brasil permitirá maior competição com os demais e proporcionará maior desenvolvimento da região.

The following study that is the regulatory settings for a port operator has been conducted with the intention to comprehend and highlight the different regulatory settings appropriate for the sea ports in order to ensure safe, reliable and efficient trade and transportations practices at sea ports. The area of focus of this research work was towards the Baltic Sea region ports where the researcher focused on the evaluating the regulatory settings for four different ports in order to compare and contrast each other with the intention to validate every port follows certain regulations. The researcher with the support of secondary quantitative study with the deductive research approach has intended to answer the problem of this research work. The findings of this study have suggested that different regulations on the basis of the international conventions are strongly considered by the range of ports especially Port of Gdansk, Port of Helsinki, Port of Tallinn and Rostock ports that have examined. Nevertheless, there were also some regulations which not all the ports were following thereby confirming all the ports follow certain regulations which are in accordance with their changing scenarios.