Brazil continues to be an important area for Danish shipping interests and, with the signing of a new agreement on cooperation with the Brazilian authority ANTAQ under the Brazilian Ministry of Transport, relations are being strengthened.
The agreement was signed by Director General Andreas Nordseth of the Danish Maritime Authority and Director Mario Povia of the Brazilian National Agency for Waterway Transportation (ANTAQ) in Brasilia at a shipping policy seminar held between ANTAQ, the Danish Embassy and the Danish Maritime Authority.
The agreement strengthens the already good maritime cooperation between Denmark and Brazil. The agreement sets the framework for, inter alia, the exchange of experts and a shipping policy dialogue between the countries.
Denmark has already concluded a maritime cooperation agreement with the Brazilian Admiralty, DPC, in June 2013. This agreement has been a success and laid the foundation for educational cooperation in the maritime field.
As part of the cooperation between Denmark and Brazil, the training ship DANMARK will visit Rio de Janeiro in connection with the Olympic Games in 2016, and the Brazilian training ship will visit Aalborg in August this year in connection with The Tall Ship Races.
The seminar that has just been held was well visited by several representatives from companies and the shipping associations of the two countries. At the seminar, the challenges faced by shipping companies and maritime transportation in Brazil and Denmark were debated.