Análisis de la etapa actual de la Industria Marítima Brasilera y estudio de las características del agrupamiento en esta industria – La industria de la construcción naval, reparación, en altamar y náutica

Rui Carlos Botter,Delmo Alves De Moura

doi:10.25043/19098642.22

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the Brazilian maritime industry. The core of the work is making an analysis of which are the basic elements to insert this system in the national maritime industry and how it is structured nowadays. The focus of the work is to analyze the four larger segments of this industry in Brazil: shipbuilding, construction of off-shore platforms and ship repair. The research included fieldwork in each national shipyard and other actors in the supply chain of that industry, as well as unions and associations.

Highlights

One of the focuses of this article is to analyze if there is some indication of cluster formation in the Brazilian maritime industry when all its segments are analysed
One of the most important mentors who treated the subject was Marshall (1985), who dealt with the industrial concentration and the advantages these types of companies could get. He noted that the concentration of industries in one specific geographic region could lead to scale profits, transforming the economy of that region
The percentage of suppliers that participates as technological partner in the Research and Development area with the shipyards or companies of enterprises/ EPCs management is more representative in the Platform/UEP/FPSO construction segment than in the other segments, because of PROMINP programme and, certainly, the power of the biggest customer of these types of products, Petrobras

Summary

Introduction

One of the focuses of this article is to analyze if there is some indication of cluster formation in the Brazilian maritime industry when all its segments are analysed. For a cluster to be a case of success, it is basic to follow some steps, such as: defining cluster, establishing its importance, promoting visibility in the domestic scene, defining industrial policies, establishing the demand of the sector and promoting commitment of the supply chain, monitoring and keeping the defined levels and the strategies, promoting exportation and internationalization, promoting innovation, research and development, mainly for the leader companies, and establishing goals for reaching the necessary education for the labours, supplying the market (Lahnstein, 2004). In accordance with the European Commission, the cluster in study (Navigation/Transport) has obtained € 15,7 billion in financial profits, and the most benefited countries, ordered by monetary value in €, were: Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Italy, France, Greece, Holland, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, and with really small parcels, we have Portugal, Spain and Ireland (Wijnolst et al, 2003). In 2004, the total production of Europe, in terms of delivery in CGT, was inferior to the production in South Korea, nearly three times smaller; in terms of revenue, the European shipyards obtained almost 10% more (€ 1 billion) than the ones from South Korea (Coutinho, 2006)

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