Waterway Panorama - Antaq

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Vessel Chartering
The regulation of ANTAQ for the chartering
of vessel for the provision of existing maritime
and support navigation transport
services is performed through registration or
authorization.
Registered chartering occurs for Brazilian
flag vessels, foreign vessels, when the provisions
of Decree-Law 666/69 for long-haul navigation
(which addresses the mandatory transport
in Brazilian flag vessels for prescribed
cargo) does not apply, or even foreign vessels
under bareboat charter, suspended flag, for
cabotage, support maritime, according to certain
limitations of deadweight tonnage.
Authorized chartering occurs in the foreign
vessels by time or trip, cabotage or maritime and
port support navigations, as well as bareboat in
port support navigation, or even long-haul shipping
in the case of suspension of the mandatory
cargo transport under the Brazilian flag.
Chartering is further subdivided by m,
namely: bareboat, time, and trip. The latter receives
specific names (for control purposes),
i.e., by space, for the chartering of part of a
vessel for a trip.
Through its rules, ANTAQ establishes chartering
procedures and criteria to be followed,
depending on the type of navigation.
The monitoring of boat chartering authorizations/records,
as well as the release of transport
of cargo under the Brazilian flag in foreign
vessels, belonging to foreign shipping companies,
allows for the assessment of the level of
competitiveness of Brazil in the political/economic
scenario of international maritime transportation.
Despite the need for chartering, motivated
by the lack of Brazilian flag vessels, such expenses
allow for the exchange remittance to
foreign countries.
Balancing the development of a national
merchant marine, while attracting foreign investment,
albeit through the participation of
foreign companies in the capital of Brazilian
shipping companies, is the challenge to be
faced while regulating the sector. However, for
such success, it is essential to establish public
policies for the sector to encourage the consolidation
of existing regulatory frameworks of
waterway transportation.
The following charts show the behavior of
chartering performed over the past three years.
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