O Sistema de Controle Naval doTráfego Marítimo (SISTRAM IV), sua contribuição na elevação da consciência situacional marítima e a racionalização no emprego do poder naval

Abstract

Currently, there is a severe restriction of budgetary resources, both for the acquisition of new ships and marine equipaments and for the maintenance of what the Brazilian Navy (MB) already has. Unfortunately, this shortage produces reflections on the level of training of our personnel and, extrapolating this field, ends up compromising our ability to update knowledge related to the various scenarios in which MB acts or should be ready to act. Thus, it is urgent to adhere to the best practices for the rational use of available means and resources, among these practices is the untiring search for a high CSM capacity, since it is the effective understanding of everything that is associated with the environment which could have an impact on the defense, safety, economy and environment of the strategic environment through the use of ever more robust and accurate maritime traffic information systems. This work will focus on the current version of the Brazilian maritime traffic control system (SISTRAM IV), its inputs and related systems (MSSIS, PREPS, AIS, SIMMAP, VRMT-C, MSG MOVMERC, LRIT, among others), in order to demonstrate the utility and contribution of the information (outputs) obtained for the increase of CSM capacity. The future prospects of the new system being developed by MB, together with ANTAQ - the Ship Trawling Program Involved in Inland Waterway Navigation (PRENAV) - Will be presented to mitigate the relative lack of current information about this modal, and to prove that a high degree of CSM is a fundamental element for the rational use of the means of Naval Power, with fulcrum in the accomplishment of its tasks