Segurança do tráfego aquaviário: Novos desafios para a segurança do tráfego aquaviário na hidrovia do Paraguai em Porto Murtinho

Abstract

ABSTRACT New Challenges for Waterway Traffic Safety on the Paraguay River in Porto Murtinho Regional integration in Latin America has always been a strategic goal for several South American countries, aiming to improve infrastructure, reduce transportation costs, and foster economic and social development. In this context, the Latin American Integration Route emerges as an ambitious project intended to connect various South American countries through a transportation corridor via the Paraguay waterway in Porto Murtinho. With the full implementation of this route, facilitated by the Bioceanic Route’s international bridge, the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in Porto Murtinho will become a central hub for exporting products to the Pacific, significantly reducing shipping costs and boosting the region’s economic development. In this direction, the increased demand for river transportation will bring impacts and challenges to the structures and activities related to Waterway Traffic Safety within the jurisdiction of the Porto Murtinho River Agency, due to the growing need for waterway infrastructure on the Paraguay River. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to identify potential effects on the subsidiary duties of the Brazilian Navy within the activities of the Military Organizations of the Waterway Traffic Safety System, in light of the construction and imminent inauguration of the international bridge in Porto Murtinho. The research will employ a qualitative data approach through the deductive method, utilizing bibliographic and documentary research as indirect documentation techniques. The study concludes that the imminent construction of the Bioceanic Route is already impacting the subsidiary duties of the Brazilian Maritime Authority in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, particularly at the Porto Murtinho River Agency. Consequently, a feasibility study will be necessary to restructure this Military Organization within the Waterway Traffic Safety System and upgrade it to a River Police Station, to ensure the quality of services provided to the local riverine community.