Um estudo da evolução da Marinha Mercante brasileira com ênfase na navegação de longo curso: seu desenvolvimento e reflexos no comércio exterior

Abstract

The main subject of this dissertation is the international sea shipping with a focus on the Brazilian Merchant Marine. The applied methodology consists primarily in deductive method. The work was consolidated with the help of historical and analytical methods. The public policies adopted over the years were highlighted and complemen ted by reflections about globalization, geopolitical and technological progress. The bibliography analysis includes authors like Alfred Thayer Mahan, João Carlos Gonçalves and Mário César Flores, among others. Objectively, this work investigates the reason s why Brazil doesn't structure a Merchant Marine able to fill the needs of its foreign trade in long range. Finally, this work shows that the main obstacles faced by the Brazilian maritime sector and activities related to it were caused by the voluble and truncated aspects of Brazilian public policies.