📋 Tender Overview
The Merchant Marine projects prioritized for the Northeast Region in 2025 totaled R7.1 billion in resources from the Merchant Marine Fund (FMM), with 21 projects approved and the potential to generate more than 10.2 thousand direct jobs. The investments included shipbuilding initiatives, shipyard modernization, docking and vessel repair. The Fund is one of the main public policy financing instruments for the waterway sector and aims to prioritize regional development and sustainability of the shipping industry across the country.
Bahia is the state that leads in terms of volume of resources and number of initiatives, with 20 projects approved and forecast to create 10,189 jobs. Among the benefited companies are DOF Subsea Brasil Servicos LTDA and CMM Offshore Brasil LTDA, with projects aimed at building maritime support vessels that are essential for offshore operations.
Also noteworthy are Belov Engenharia S.A. and Belov Offshore Industrial LTDA, with initiatives to build port support vessels and shipyard modernization, in addition to LHG Logistica LTDA, focused on inland navigation, and Wilson Sons Servicos Maritimos LTDA, with docking and repair projects.
In Pernambuco, Empresa de Navegacao Elcano S.A. will be provided with resources for maintenance of the coastal shipping fleet, with an approved docking and repair project. The expectation is for 26 direct jobs.
The Northeast Region has received important contributions from the Ministry of Ports and Airports, especially through the Merchant Marine Fund (FMM) and port modernization actions. In 2024, the national naval sector recorded an authorized volume of more than R30.8 billion in projects, including vessel construction, repairs, docking and shipyard expansion, investments that also had an impact on companies and production chains in the Northeast, as part of a broader policy to strengthen the naval industry across the country.
The Northeast Region has a strategic role in the growth of the Brazilian naval industry. By prioritizing more than R7 billion in investments through the FMM, we reaffirm our commitment to regional development, the generation of jobs and the valorization of the logistical and productive potential of the Northeast. We are strongly resuming the naval sector in Brazil, with responsibility and planning, stated the Minister of Ports and Airports, Silvio Costa Filho.
At the last meeting of the FMM Board of Directors (CDFMM), the Ministry of Ports and Airports approved 25 new projects, totaling R3.8 billion, in addition to resubmitting another nine projects worth R1.2 billion. In 2025, the approved projects already total R32.1 billion, a historic record since the creation of the Fund in 1958, with the potential to generate 9,662 direct jobs.
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