Estudio tarifario del servicio de transporte de carga pesada para el cantón San Miguel, provincia Bolívar

Abstract

The tariff study of the heavy cargo transport service for the San Miguel canton is a work that has been developed for the application of a methodology for the calculation of freight rates, with the purpose of determining operational costs and an optimal rate for the transfer of cargo. To obtain the operating costs that influence the calculation of the tariff, as well as the fixed and variable costs that occur in each trip made by a heavy load vehicle, several mathematical formulas were applied that are given in Resolution # 122 DIR 2014 of the National Transit Agency, It was also complemented with the development of a cost and demand file addressed to the 107 existing units in the canton, an interview was also used to the main authorities of the operators of heavy transport in the canton and as a final point, information was collected by registration cards applied to owners of mechanical centers specialized in maintenance of heavy load vehicles. As a result, it was obtained that the operational costs per year have a value of $ 32,490.05; the average distance traveled by each vehicle per year is 49 951 km, according to the kilometers traveled, the operational cost per kilometer traveled is $ 0.65; there are 7 different transport routes and the main product that is transported is corn. Applying a mathematical formula, it was obtained; the fare for each route, as well as the route San Miguel - Babahoyo with a value of $ 0.37 per quintal; the San Miguel - Quito route with a value of $ 1.23 per quintal transported. It is recommended that the tariff study of the heavy cargo transport service proposed in the present degree work be applied.