The scene, contrary to popular belief, is not pessimistic: basically represents great potential for the Multimodal Transport. Currently, one of the main policies of the governments of developing countries like Brazil is to increase the volume of exports, ensuring a larger reservation of resources, free of external investors. To achieve this goal, must be privileged the national transport and more efficient contracts.
This goal is difficult to achieve, primarily because no organization can improve this complex network by itself. The Multimodal Transport involves not only transport systems and vehicles, but also a combination of business decisions, regulations and responsibility practices. It is needed an intensive coordination between the public and private, between the various transport modalities and between different nations that compose this vast network.
International organizations such as the ICC, UNCTAD, UNCITRAL, in addition to the committees of the European Union, United Nations and the United States, maintain efforts to advance in the search for a new legislation to promote a global standardization of rules applicable to the Multimodal Transport.
To improve the multimodal transport, it is suggested to Brazil to take the following actions , concerning the transport policy:
-Standardize procedures and legal guidelines for the application of transport related taxes;
-Clearly establish the role and the conditions for the competition of different modes and promote sustainable development to meet demand;
-Indicate public and private resources available, and create a safe environment for investment;
-Enable private sector participation in government decisions and,
-Allow a more efficient legal, institutional and economic management for the cargo flows, by constant updating the procedures, reducing the execution time and bureaucracy at borders, based on international best practices.
Multimodality depends on the efficient use of the Multimodal Transport capacity and on combinations more economic energetically. To allow gains of scale in international negotiations, make better use of infrastructure to support activities and reduce costs for small and medium businesses, Multimodal Transport should be promoted in Brazil as soon as possible, removing legal barriers and permitting the necessary investments in transportation infrastructure. It is important to note that the integration of the entire door to door chain converges to reduce costs and to optimize the cargo flow, in a unique and incomparable logistic chain.