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Rio’s Shipbuilding Industry Is Optimistic About Sector Recovery

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 04/07/2018 at 16:48
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In 2018, the event will take place from August 14 to 16 at the SulAmérica Convention Center and will bring together major companies from the naval and maritime industry.

The downturn in the naval, oil, and gas industry in Rio de Janeiro has kept a series of companies that rely on these production chains stagnant. The financial and social crisis has been bitterly felt for several years, since the onset of the crisis in 2014, further exacerbated by the fiscal gap that the state of Rio de Janeiro experienced. On the other hand, the effort to recover this sector is creating positive prospects for companies in the region.

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The main event in South America dedicated to the shipbuilding, maintenance, and operations sectors, Marintec South America, will be held in Rio de Janeiro. The event will take place from August 14 to 16 at the SulAmérica Convention Center.

The main objectives are:

  • Gather national and international suppliers to align interests;
  • Promote business among contacts in the naval chain;
  • Create and strengthen ties in this business branch.

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Confirmed Attendees
The Jevin, a company based in Macaé (RJ), also has a confirmed presence at Marintec 2018. A specialist in integrating Motorola’s radio communication systems, Jevin is also among the optimistic group. Guilherme Capistrano Cunha, the company’s commercial director, reveals that it is a challenge to stay in a market that has been stagnant for so long.
“I believe that in the next two years, we will see an evolution in the business of oil exploration/production, and the consequence will be an increase in demand for products and services in the area we operate in TIC (Information and Communication Technologies)”, says Cunha.
Wilhelmsen, a multinational with a branch in Rio de Janeiro, offering a wide range of solutions for the naval sector, will also have its confirmed presence at the event.
“The year 2018 is still expected to be a transitional year towards better days for the industry ahead. We expect growth in the sales of more products from our portfolio to companies present in Brazil in the naval market, as well as in offshore, which has been shrinking in recent years but is already showing signs of recovery”, says Augusto Vieira, sales manager for South & Central America at Wilhelmsen Ships Service in the Marine Products Division.
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What Interests Most: Jobs

The recovery of employment levels is one of the main goals of this event, in addition to the intention to help bring public accounts out of the red, making it critically important for the recovery of the naval sector in Rio de Janeiro.
The naval industry experienced a 49% drop in employment in just two years, according to research released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) on June 21, 2018. The sector had 61.5 thousand jobs in 2014 and closed 2016 with 31.5 thousand. The majority of this decline occurred in the state of Rio de Janeiro, where 23 thousand jobs were lost, and the workforce of 31 thousand workers fell to just 8 thousand.
According to the words of the partner and managing director Brazil of M&O Partners, Jan Lomholdt, “We are seeing positive signs, driven mainly by OPEX (Operational Expenditure – capital used to maintain a company) and CAPEX (Capital Expenditure – amount allocated for investments) offshore and we expect the maritime sector to get back on track throughout 2018 and into early 2019”.
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Paulo Nogueira

Eletrotécnica formado em umas das instituições de ensino técnico do país, o Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF ( Antigo CEFET), atuei diversos anos na áreas de petróleo e gás offshore, energia e construção. Hoje com mais de 8 mil publicações em revistas e blogs online sobre o setor de energia, o foco é prover informações em tempo real do mercado de empregabilidade do Brasil, macro e micro economia e empreendedorismo. Para dúvidas, sugestões e correções, entre em contato no e-mail informe@en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Vale lembrar que não aceitamos currículos neste contato.

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