The Directing Council of the Merchant Marine Fund (CDFMM) approved the allocation of more than R$ 518 million to finance new projects in the naval sector with funds from the Merchant Navy Fund, during the 46th Ordinary Meeting, last Thursday (18 ).

The prioritized projects refer to the construction of vessels, monetary updating, supplementation of resources, conversion and repair, and port and maritime support.

Also approved was the approval of the FMM accounts by the Council, before forwarding to the control bodies, and the creation of a working group to present a proposal for regulating the movement of funds from the linked AFRMM accounts, by the coastal shipping companies and inland navigation dedicated to the transport of liquid bulk.

Approved projects: 

Port support - Monetary updating of the construction of a river pusher type vessel (R$ 1.46 million), and Monetary update and supplementation of resources for the construction of two river pusher type vessels (R$ 12.55 million).

Maritime support - Construction of two vessels, one of the RSV type and one of the SDSV type (R$ 207.43 million)

Cargo - Construction of a river train composed of 1 azimuth river pusher, 3 box-type bulk barges and 6 raked bulk barges (R$ 53.74 million), and construction of 60 bulk barge vessels, 36 of which are box-type barges 24 raked type (R$ 201.98)

Conversion / Repair - Repair for class certification of two vessels, one of which is the PSV type and one of the WSV type and conversion of two vessels, both of the PSV type (R$ 21.59 million); Repair for class certification and conversion of a PSV vessel (R$ 12.79 million); and Repair and maintenance of a UT-4000 vessel (R$ 6.74 million).

The Resolution of the CDFMM with the projects that obtained priority will be published in the Federal Official Gazette and the companies will be able to contract the financing through the associated financial agents (BNDES, BB, CEF, BNB and BASA).