| Abstract: | The high profitability of frozen concentrated orange juice as a commodity sold to the United States, has recently introduced new developments in the marketing and distribution of the product. New methods for the transportation and storage of FCOJ have mainly benefitted the eastern and western coasts of the United States. The growing per capita income of midwestern and southern cities has induced me to consider the implementation of a system for shipping the commodity from Brazil to the Gulf Coast, and in turn distribute it to inland markets. The first part of my work consisted in studying the frozen concentrated orange juice industry in Brazil and evaluate its structure, behavior, and reliability as a supply source. The second part of my work dealt with identifying the different costs involved with shipping, unloading, storing, and transporting the commodity to its final destination. I then had to estimate the magnitude of these costs and finally obtain an optimal location for locating the port facilities that will receive, store, and distribute the product inland. |
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