<P> The Port of Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's third busiest port in terms of cargo volume, and it is the center for cruise vessels . Located on the west coast of the Guanabara Bay, it serves the States of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo . The port is managed by Companhia Docas de Rio de Janeiro . The Port of Rio de Janeiro covers territory from the Mauá Pier in the east to the Wharf of the Cashew in the north . The Port of Rio de Janeiro contains almost seven thousand metres (23 thousand feet) of continuous wharf and an 883 - metre (2,897 - foot) pier . The Companhia Docas de Rio de Janeiro administers directly the Wharf of the Gamboa general cargo terminal; the wheat terminal with two warehouses capable of moving 300 tons of grains; General Load Terminal 2 with warehouses covering over 20 thousand square metres (215 thousand square feet); and the Wharves of Are Cristovao with terminals for wheat and liquid bulk . </P> <P> At the Wharf of Gamboa, leaseholders operate terminals for sugar, paper, iron and steel products . Leaseholders at the Wharf of the Cashew operate terminals for roll - on / roll - off cargoes, containers, and liquid bulk . In 2004, the Port of Rio de Janeiro handled over seven million tons of cargo on almost 1700 vessels . In 2004, the Port of Rio de Janeiro handled over two million tons of containerized cargo in almost 171 thousand TEUs . The port handled 852 thousand tons of wheat, more than 1.8 million tons of iron and steel, over a million tons of liquid bulk cargo, almost 830 thousand tons of dry bulk, over five thousand tons of paper goods, and over 78 thousand vehicles . In 2003, over 91 thousand passengers moved through the Port of Rio Janeiro on 83 cruise vessels . </P> <P> In Rio de Janeiro, buses are the main form of public transportation . There are nearly 440 municipal bus lines serving over four million passengers every day, in addition to intercity lines . Although cheap and frequent, Rio's transportation policy has been moving towards trains and subway in order to reduce surface congestion and increase carrier capacity . Rio's public transportation service has been a target of many critics and the motive of the 2013's protests and manifestations that started in São Paulo and spread through the entire country . According to the people, the raise in the bus and subway fares are invalid, seeing that the amount charged is too high for the low quality of the services . </P> <P> The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Rio de Janeiro, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 95 min . 32% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day . The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 19 min, while 35% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day . The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 12.3 km, while 37% travel for over 12 km in a single direction . </P>

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