Avaliação da capacidade de construção naval no país para implementação do programa de reaparelhamento da Marinha: capacidade de construção naval no país e o Programa de Reaparelhamento da Marinha/óbices e ações sugeridas

Abstract

According to the established in National Defense St rategy, the Brazilian Navy developed the Plan of Organization and Equipment. In order to mee t the strategic objectives set for the Force, the plan addresses, among other needs, the p urchase of a significantly large number of new war vessels. The shipbuilding of those new war vessels, concerning their quantity and complexity, finds no parallel in the Navy’s history . This fact inevitably makes mandatory the involvement of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry. The Brazilian shipbuilding industry exists since the colonial period. It went through periods of high production, when it came to occupy the position of 2nd largest shipbuilder in the worl d in 1979, and other deep stagnation and loss of capacity periods. The current scenario show s that the naval sector is booming, all existing shipyards in Brazil are busy, close to the limits of their capacity, due to the great demands of the oil and gas ships. One of the obstac les to overcome, is the lack of qualified personnel to fill the new work places that are emer ging. The Federal Government has established policies to promote the shipbuilding in dustry, with heavy investments in infrastructure. The focus of this study is to anali se the Brazilian shipbuilding industry’s capacity to meet the demands of the Program for Mod ernization of Navy.