A utilização de produtos meteorológicos e oceanográficos para otimização da navegação de cabotagem no Brasil

Abstract

In this paper describes the influence of meteorological phenomena active on the Brazilian coast and weather products used to soften its effects and maintain the ship and the safetycrew. Also clarified the cabotage concepts such as its advantages and disadvantages and the definition of the physical limitations of the area that covers this type of navigation with regard to Brazil. Knowing that it takes from one to six hours in advance to prepare the ship for extreme conditions (which confirms the need for warning bulletins and accurate weather fore casts and made with the advance already established and known) and the area of coastal shipping in Brazil is extensive and has a considerable range ofmeteorological influences, we confirm the importance of the issue addressed by this work. It is also known that the good navigator should make a study of the place wherever hegoes so that their defeat is safe, and this study is only allowed through the knowledge ofthe territory, atmospheric, oceanographic knowledge and recognition of each of theinstruments available to optimize the navigation, in the specific case of this work, ofcoastal shipping. In short, it is stressed that the navigation needs information from the weather, as these are essential these days and there is no way to safely navigate without its resources.