Waterway Panorama - Antaq

Company regularization
The inspection actions carried out by ANTAQ
sought to regularize waterway transportation
services, to attract entrepreneurs to legality, by
being regularized at the Agency and therefore providing
good quality services to society.
To this end, during the companies’ period to
adapt to the rules issued, ANTAQ carried out educational
inspections, guiding entrepreneurs on procedures
regarding legal requirements, gradually
increasing the number of regularized operators.
Brazilian navigation companies
Authorization Grants
Companies operating in inland navigation in
longitudinal cargo, passenger and crossing transport,
in interstate and international routes, or those
required to charter foreign vessels in these operations,
are subject to the granting of authorization
by ANTAQ.
ANTAQ provides, on its website (www.antaq.gov.br),
the information necessary for obtaining
authorization grants for each type of transport.
Simply access the link:
http://www.antaq.gov.br/Portal/autorizainteriorobter.asp
Of the 600 companies authorized to operate
in inland navigation with respect to the competence
of the Federal Government, 182 grants
were issued by the agency between 2002 and
2009, as shown in the following page. In the
same period, 105 foreign vessel chartering grants
were recorded.
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