In The Fight for National Shipbuilding, Sinaval Meets with Government Representatives

Written by Renato Oliveira

Published on 25/07/2019 at 16:22

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The Shipbuilding Industry Union of the Country Went to Brasília for a Schedule of Meetings to Discuss the Current Situation and Perspectives of the Brazilian Naval and Offshore Industry.

The Sinaval, an institution that represents Brazilian shipyards located in various regions of the country, went to Brasília for a schedule of meetings with government authorities.
The president of Sinaval, Ariovaldo Rocha, was accompanied by a delegation of directors from the entity and representatives from member shipyards.

The delegation was received on the morning of Monday, July 22, by the Vice President of the Republic, Hamilton Mourão, who got to know a little better about the current situation of naval construction and national shipyards.
The presidents of the shipyards are very concerned about the provisional measure that relaxes the rules for the importation of new or used ships for cabotage (navigation between ports of the same country).

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The Second Meeting of the Day

The Director of Sinaval, Jorge Ferraz, also had scheduled for the afternoon on the same day a meeting with the Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque.

In this second meeting, the minister, accompanied by the Secretary of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels Marcio Felix Carvalho Bezerra and the Chief of Staff José Roberto Bueno Junior, received the delegation, and issues regarding competitive bottlenecks and government measures concerning naval construction and the country’s offshore industry were discussed.

Present at the meeting with Minister Bento Albuquerque were Gilberto Israel (Director of BrasFELS and Keppel FELS), Jorge Ferraz (Director of SINAVAL), T. Guhan (President of EJA-Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz), Jorge Faria (Advisor to the Presidency of SINAVAL), Maurício Bastos de Almeida (President of Enseada Indústria Naval), Minister Bento Albuquerque, Ariovaldo Rocha (President of SINAVAL), Lucila Lopes (Director of EJA-Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz), and Marcio Felix Carvalho Bezerra (Secretary of MME).

In The Fight for National Shipbuilding, Sinaval Meets with Government Representatives

The Shipbuilding Industry Union of the Country Went to Brasília for a Schedule of Meetings to Discuss the Current Situation and Perspectives of the Brazilian Naval and Offshore Industry.

The Second Meeting of the Day

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