Abstract
![]() Geographically Thinking Railroad Management at CVRD Track: Transportation Author(s): Marcelo Barbosa, Marcus Silva, Eduardo Parussolo Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) is one of the most important players in the logistics sector in Brazil. It runs an extensive network of railroads, ports, and terminals. It also operates coastal shipping routes and offers the most complete intermodal service to the Brazilian market. The company provides both integrated and personalized logistics solutions. CVRD owns the biggest railway network in Brazil (9,306 km). The complexity of this operation drives the Company to a continuous search for improvements in its supporting information systems. The Railroad GIS project was conceived to provide CVRD with an integrated railroad management system supported by geospatial information. One of the goals is to provide users with better management tools, based on visual (geographic) information of the different types of events that occur along the railroad path, integrated with existing corporate systems. This paper will present the concepts and present status of this ongoing project. Marcelo Barbosa CVRD Environmental and Territorial Management Department Av.Gra�a Aranha, 26 Rio de Janerio / RJ , Rio de Janeiro 20030900 BR Phone: 55-21-38143070 E-mail: marcelo.barbosa@cvrd.com.br Marcus Silva Gisplan Av Armando Lombardi, 800 Rio de Janerio / RJ , Rio de Janeiro 22640020 BR Phone: 55-21-24942838 E-mail: marcus@gisplan.com.br Eduardo Parussolo CVRD DIAT Gra�a Aranha 26 - 4� andar Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro 20030900 BR Phone: 55 21 3814-3070 E-mail: arc001@cvrd.com.br |