COBERTURA ESPECIAL
Ferrovia vive momentos
de revitalizao do setor
Railway sector revitalization
O transporte ferrovirio
brasileiro atravessa perodo
de revitalizao e aumen-
to de participao frente a
outros modais utilizados no
Pas. Quem afirma Rodrigo
Vilaa, presidente da Asso-
ciao Brasileira de Logstica
e diretor executivo da Associa-
o Nacional dos Transportes
Ferrovirios que rene 11 das
12 concesses ferrovirias de
carga no Brasil.
Entre os resultados po-
sitivos Vilaa destaca os in-
vestimentos realizados pelas
concessionrias que operam
a malha ferroviria: De 1997
a 2009 foram aplicados 21 bi-
lhes de reais na recuperao
da malha, adoo de novas
tecnologias, reduo dos
nveis de acidentes, capaci-
tao de profissionais, aqui-
sio e reforma de material
rodante. No mesmo intervalo
de tempo, o governo federal
aplicou 1,1 bilho de reais nas
malhas existentes concedidas
iniciativa privada, ou seja, in-
vestimento que no engloba o
montante aplicado na constru-
o de novas ferrovias.
Vilaa revela que em vir-
tude do desaquecimento da
economia em 2009, resultado
da crise financeira mundial,
houve retrao de 10,1% na
produo ferroviria em com-
parao a 2008. Tambm
contribuem para esse nmero
queda nas atividades do agro-
negcio. Mas no acumulado
de 1997 a 2009, o volume de
carga geral transportada re-
gistrou expanso de 48,1%.
O setor ferrovirio tambm
contribuiu diretamente com os
resultados das contas pbli-
cas, ressalta Vilaa: Desde
que a malha foi desestati-
zada, a Unio recolheu 1,76
bilho de reais nos leiles da
malha, alm de receber da
10
iniciativa privada 11,7 bilhes Brazilian railroad segment
entre pagamento de taxas de is now going experiencing pe-
concesses e arrendamentos, riod of revitalization and has
impostos e contribuio de been increasing its share of the Rodrigo Vilaa
interveno no domnio eco- transportation system when com-
nmico, a Cide. Com isso, o pared to other modals. These are
governo federal teve substan- the words of Rodrigo Vilaa, the lion reais from railroad auctions,
tivos ganhos com o processo chairman of the Brazilian Logis- besides 11,7 billion worth of con-
de concesso das ferrovias tics Association and executive cession fees, leases, taxes and
iniciativa privada, obtendo uma director of the National Associa- contributions for intervention in
desonerao dos cofres pbli- tion of Railroad Transportation, the economic domain (the so-
cos da ordem de 300 milhes representing 112 out of the 12 called Cide). Consequently, the
de dlares por ano, corres- cargo railroad concessions ex- federal administration has real-
pondentes aos dficits anuais isting in Brazil. ized significant gains from the
da operao das malhas pela Vilaa highlights several process of railroad concession to
extinta Rede Ferroviria Fede- positive results such as the in- the private sector, unburdening
ral S.A., enquanto que s no vestments made by the conces- the public treasury by about 300
perodo pr-concesso acu- sionaires operating the Brazilian million dollars per year, corre-
mulou prejuzos de 2,2 bilhes railroad system: From 1997 to sponding to the annual deficits of
de reais de 1994 a 1997. 2009 21 billion reais have been railroad system operation by the
Neste ano esto previstos invested in the refurbishment extinct Rede Ferroviria Federal
aportes de 2,8 bilhes de re- of Brazilian railroads, adoption S.A, while just in the pre-conces-
ais no sistema. Ano passado, of new technologies, reduction sion period 2.2 billion reais were
segundo Vilaa, as empresas of accident rates, professional accrued from 1994 to 1997.
concessionrias investiram qualification, procurement and Investments of 2.8 billion
2,5 bilhes, aumento de 333% refurbishment of rolling stock. reais are planned for this year in
em relao a 1997. O resulta- In the same period of time the the railroad system. Last year, the
do foi obtido em virtude dos federal administration has allo- concessionaires invested 2.5 bil-
investimentos em material ro- cated 1.1 billion reais to exist- lion, accounting for an increase
dante e via permanente, que ing railroad systems working of 333% against 1997 figures.
representou 46% deste total. under concessions granted to The result was achieved as a
E o crescimento da oferta de the private sector, that is, an in- result of the investments made
empregos diretos e indire- vestment that does not include in rolling stock and permanent
tos no setor ferrovirio foi de the amounts directed to the con- tracks, accounting for 46% of
119,5% em relao a 1997. A struction of new railways. this total. And, compared to 1997
expectativa de que at o ano He reported that because figures, the number of direct and
que vem este nmero chegue of economy slowdown in 2009 indirect jobs was increased by
a 44.000 postos de trabalho. because of the global financial 119.5%. Forecasts are that until
As constantes inovaes crisis, 10.1% retraction was re- next year this figure should have
tecnolgicas nas ferrovias pro- corded in railroad production reached 44,000 jobs.
vocaram grandes mudanas when compared to 2008 figures. Constant railway technol-
no perfil profissional necess- The slowdown suffered by agri- ogy innovations resulted in sig-
rio para o setor: Para atender business activities also contrib- nificant changes to the profes-
crescente demanda por mo uted to this drop. But consider- sional profile this sector needs:
de obra especializada, as con- ing the accrued amount of cargo In order to meet the growing
cessionrias tm investido em handled from 1997 to 2009, the specialized labor demand, the
aes voltadas formao de volume of general cargo carried concessionaires are investing
pessoal e qualificao, alm was increased by 48,1%. in personnel training and quali-
de propor s universidades a The railroad sector has also fication, besides proposing to
extenso da cadeira de enge- directly contributed to the re- the universities extension of the
nharia ferroviria. Isso porque sults of public accounts, Vilaa railway engineering subject. Be-
at o ano de 2020 aumentare- remarked Since the railroad sys- cause by 2020 we should have
mos em 40.000 quilmetros a tem was privatized, the federal added another 40,000 km to our
nossa malha. administration collected 1.76 bil- system.
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