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Show Notes
Rising agricultural output is straining Brazil’s domestic freight and dry bulk shipping markets, pushing inland trucking rates higher and lifting ocean transport costs. In this Talking Transports podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence’s Lee Klaskow speaks with goFlux CEO Rodrigo Gonçalves and Alphamar Shipping Agency partner Arthur Neto from Bloomberg’s Farm, Food & Fuel Summit to examine Brazil’s logistics bottlenecks. Surging soybean, corn and ethanol-related volume is driving demand for trucks and bulk carriers, while fertilizer imports and fuel costs add pressure on maritime rates. Brazil’s reliance on fragmented trucking capacity and aging fleets is limiting inland throughput, while port congestion and insurance costs are influencing dry-bulk flows.
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