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BRAZILIAN NAVAL INDUSTRY:

CURRENT OVERVIEW AND CONSIDERATIONS
FOR THE FUTURE

Jéssica Pires Barbosa Barreto
Israel de Oliveira Andrade
Claudio da Silva Tarrisse Fontoura

1. Introduction

Having the need to travel and transport in the international market. In this sense,
by sea, vessels have followed the history Canada is an interesting example of a
of humanity, developing according to the government that, to ensure economic
technological advance of civilizations. Over benefits for its coastal provinces, invests in
the years, the structure dedicated to the shipbuilding policies for its shipyards. An-
construction of vessels has also evolved, other example is China, where its state-
with a large infrastructure and specialized owned company is responsible for most of
labor. Despite this, it is possible to observe the country’s production.
that the world history of the naval industry In the case of Brazil, the starting point
is based on cycles of high technological de- of the shipbuilding industry is the founda-
velopment with strong demand, and peri- tion of the Establishment of Foundry and
ods of low demand. Shipyards of Ponta d’Areia in 1846 by the
In addition to its importance for guar- Barão de Mauá. However, like the world
anteeing transport and international trend, this economic sector had its history
trade, and also for defending sovereignty intrinsically linked to the economic cycles
by States, shipbuilding enables high tech- in the country. In addition, it is possible to
nological development, social benefits for observe the importance of military proj-
countries and job creation. Therefore, many ects, especially the Submarine Develop-
invest in government policies to maintain ment Program (PROSUB) and the Taman-
the production capacity of shipyards, es- daré Class Program, and the needs of the
pecially in periods with little demand oil sector. These demands have guaranteed

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