A logística na operação de embarque da celulose no porto de Salvador

Abstract

The present article aims to contribute to the business sectors involved in port logistics, together with the Port of Salvador administration, to find ways to remain active in the market, promoting the innovation of equipment and services that are within its purview. The State of Bahia is an important industrial pole in the production of pulp having three main axes, two in the southern end of the state and one located in the Municipality of Camaçari, where the factory of Bahia Specialty Cellulose - BSC is installed. Due to the favorable location conditions, close to the capital, almost all soluble cellulose production produced by the BSC is sold through the port of the capital of Bahia and is destined to the foreign market, having as main destinations, countries of Southeast Asia, the United States and some countries located in the North Atlantic. In view of this, the need arose to analyze the efficiency of the operational logistics of the product, from its origin from the factory to the arrival at the port and subsequent shipment to the ships that will take the pulp to its final destination. A total of 64 samples were collected from the statistical data from the operational reports of ships at the Port of Salvador, in the process of storage at boarding, in addition to face-to-face observations during the actual operation of the vessels. The data analyzed indicate that the logistics used in the shipping operation present some specific deficiencies, but, on the other hand, they presented significant advances in the course of time when compared to the first shipments made.