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How Does Sustainability in Ports and Shipyards Work in Brazil? Experts Respond and Pay Increasing Attention to These Issues
Brazilian ports and shipyards have technology for managing the sustainability of their activities. What is lacking, according to experts, is the standardization of strategies to act on preventing and managing the environmental impacts inherent to port operations.
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This concern arises from the various alterations made by ports and shipyards in their locations, such as emissions of polluting gases, solid waste disposal, alterations in nearby ecosystems, and other impacts.
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Port of Santos as an Example of Sustainability
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