Mobilização marítima e o emprego de navios mercantes

Abstract

This paper had the objective of verifying the situation in which Maritime Mobilization is found with the use of Merchant Ships (MS) for the benefit of the Brazilian Navy (MB), at present, to contribute to National Defense. To this end, it considered as main focus the theoretical framework described in the National Defense Policy (PND), National Defense Strategy (END) and other conditioning documents on Mobilization in Brazil, where the documentary, field and research methodology was used. bibliographic review to support the proposed work. It was observed the structure of the National Mobilization System (SINAMOB) with a bulge in its military aspect focused on Maritime Mobilization and the possibility of using MS adapted to be incorporated into the MB, for the hypothesis of foreign aggressions by sea and the need of securing means for denying the sea to a possible enemy. The situation of the Brazilian Merchant Navy, shipbuilding, policies and incentives were studied in order to reach a conclusion on its positioning for the development of the Brazilian merchant fleet for the area of National Defense. In addition, historical examples and actions taken by other navies were observed, where the debate on Mobilization was consolidated and there are clear policies that demonstrated as a result the importance and contribution of Maritime Mobilization to the readiness of the Armed Forces, in the specific case Brazilian treated by this study, MB.