untapped potential of 48,000 km of navigable waterways ...
Tianjin, China - Transport Intelligence (UK), by John Manners-Bell -12 September 2010: - On the eve of its annual meeting of the New Champions 2010 Tianjin, China , and l Economic Forum World has published its Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 ... Switzerland leads the overall standings, while the U.S. (NA) falls two spots to fourth place, beaten by Sweden (2 nd) and Singapore (3 rd) ... The report takes into account a wide range of different factors in assessing the level of competition in each country. The most relevant from the perspective of logistics is "infrastructure" in a macroeconomic environment, although of course, more general factors such as, "the goods market efficiency," and "maturity technology "have an indirect impact on the sector ... Brazil stands out in the report. generally ranked 67th in terms of transport infrastructure, 105th in terms of" quality of roads, 123 in terms of ports, 93 on air transport infrastructure and 83 on the railway. FEM describes the status of the transport infrastructure in the country as "terrible" and highlighted the untapped potential of its 48,000 km of navigable waterways ... (Photo by R. Pierse, from homepage.ntlworld: Sunset on the Black River, Amazonas, Brazil 04/21/2000) 
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