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daily traffic of communications and data. In . Atlantix Litoral Submarine Cable Project. dated to provide a safe and reliable environ- competitive terms, but difficult to apply in

this sense, it becomes vital to the interests . Project for Seabras-1 Submarine Cape ment for new investments in the transport such a verticalized market.

of the State to carry out the best govern- Reef. sector, with the establishment of public po- However, as shown in this research, even
ance of this complex system, accommodat- . Project for Porto Alegre of the Malbec licies aimed at improving the infrastructure before BR do Mar, cabotage navigation has

ing the interests of stakeholders. Submarine Cable. and maintaining the conditions of the wa- been, every year, obtaining expressive num-
The currently existing network of sub- It is evident that, like Commerce and Mar- terways, and encouraging the development bers in the transport of goods. From 2021 to
marine cables in Brazil has a traffic poten- itime Transport, the communication estab- of the Brazilian long-haul merchant fleet, 2020 alone, the increase was almost 40% in
tial of approximately 610 Tbps. This is a lished by the submarine cable network that cabotage, inland navigation and port and the amount of cargo transported.
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metric stipulated based on the assumption crosses the oceans and rivers is of strateg- maritime support, and also to reduce the Questions for which there are still no an-
that all owners of cable systems in force in ic importance and is vital for the economic operating costs of the cabotage transport in swers: after the regulation of the BR do Mar,
Brazil installed all available equipment at growth of the Brazilian State, being a fun- order to encourage greater participation of will there be an increase in the fleet of ships
the ends of their respective cables. damental component of the Blue Economy, this mode of transport in the movement of in cabotage? Will we have companies qual-
Some new submarine and river cable strengthening the Product Gross Domestic. goods and inputs in the country. ified in the program? What we are sure of
projects are in progress, according to the re- To this extent, it matters a lot to the In view of this last measure, the Cabo- so far is that the governance of the Brazilian
port of the 10th Week of Internet Infrastruc- State, exercising its role as Regulatory tage Transport Stimulus Program emerged, State in the water transport and trade sector
ture in Brazil, but it is still too early to be fully Agent, to take good care of this market known as BR do Mar. With its discussions has been growing year after year, while the
sure if they will actually be implemented: with all its agents and in matters in which starting in 2019, the program made ef- importance of the Blue Economy in the na-
. River cable project for the Integrated and Competition becomes unfair that bodies forts to ensure the continuity of the fleet, tional GDP is met with growing awareness.

Sustainable Amazon – PAIS. such as the Administrative Council for Eco- through the relaxation of charter rules, al- Finally, in the present research, gov-
. River cable project between Macapá and nomic Defense (CADE) and the Judiciary to lowing the entry of foreign ships to carry ernance in the regulatory framework of

Belém. take action to resolve any problems in this out cabotage navigation on the Brazilian submarine cables in the country was ad-
. Santarém x Alenquer River Cable Project. important market. coast. The argument for the project’s vi- dressed, reaching the conclusion of the vital

ability was the reduction in freight costs and strategic importance to the economic
6. Final considerations due to increased competition between growth of the Brazilian State, being a fun-
shipping companies. A viable measure in damental component of the Blue Economy.
Through a methodological approach of by the use of the maritime vector in the
legal argumentation, this article sought to Gross Domestic Product accounts. References
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