Our objective was to verify the impact of cargo transshipments on the relationship between routing and added value in highway companies of long steel transports for construction. Cargo transshipment is a process of loading and unloading, fractionated product loading, which takes time, causes inconveniences to industrial and commercial activities and, especially, increases costs inadequately. In this context, we conducted an exploratory and qualitative research, using a sample of 74 companies linked to autonomous steel mills. By the collected data, which were examined by structural equation modeling with the Partial Least Squares – Path Modeling (PLS-PM) technique, we demonstrated that transshipment mediates, in part, the relationship between routing and added value. With the results, we found that transport managers still must evolve cargo transshipments processes, through management training and development of solutions, involving cargo loading and unloading processes, which are vital for logistic added value for the construction field.
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