Wood transportation in Brazil is predominantly carried by road, and the freight represent up to 60% of the total logistics cost. The objective of this studywas to analyze the technical factors and costs of transporting woodwith different compositions of vehicular load, in Vale do Rio Doce region, Minas Gerais State. Initially,a time and motion study aboutthe operating cycle transport were conducted, performed atday and nighttime periods,and duringwood loading and unloadingoperations. The analyses were divided into three regions of wood production with different transport distances. The results showed that Nova Era region had the highest percentage of productive time (78.71%) and the worst unproductive (9.26%). Regarding operating costs,theregionals used bitrem truck as the vehicleto transportwood. The transport values were 0.341 R$/m³. km-1 for Nova Era, and 0.249 R$/m³. km-1forRio Doce. The highest final cost of the wood (27.14 R$/m³. km-1) was obtained in the ofregionGuanhães. The use oftritrem as a vehicle totransportwood had the lowest costs per m³ transported per km.
Wood transport; Transport costs; Transport vehicles
