Estados Miembros

Brasil

Es el país más grande de Sudamérica, extendiéndose desde la Cuenca del Amazonas en el norte hasta los viñedos y las Cataratas del Iguazú en el sur. El litoral brasileño se extiende por 7367 km de costa donde se emplazan 37 puertos entre fluviales y marítimos.

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Autoridad marítima de

Brasil

DIRECTORATE OF PORTS AND COASTS (DPC)
The Directorate of Ports and Coasts is responsible for:

Inspecting, in matters of National Security and in accordance with international commitments undertaken, the activities of the National and Foreign Merchant Marine;

Establishing the conditions for access, stay, anchorage, transit, and departure of national and foreign merchant vessels in relation to ports, anchorages, territorial waters, and the contiguous zone; and

Supervising the use of public or private marine and land structures built over the water, with regard to hazards to navigation, national interests, and National Security.

To represent the Maritime Authority in regulating and inspecting matters related to Navigation Safety, the Merchant Marine, Professional Maritime Education, and the Prevention of Water Pollution caused by vessels, with the aim of contributing to the development of Maritime Power.

To be a benchmark, by 2027, in the exercise of Brazilian Maritime Power, acting in favor of the expansion of its blue economy in a safe, qualified, and sustainable manner.