The Brazilian government is hoping to revitalize its shipbuilding industry by building a new, powerful structure for the industry in order to export more ships.
According to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a recent interview, Brazil was the second most important country in the world in ship production during the 1970s. This prestigious position in the world was lost through the years, but President Silva believes that this is an opportunity for Brazil to regain its lofty position within the shipbuilding industry.
Lula believes there are several benefits to revitalizing the shipbuilding industry, including the creation of jobs, the use of steel produced within the country and saving payments to foreign vessels by the Brazilian cargo transportation.
In 1970, the country had over 50,000 workers within the ship building industry. In 2,000, when Fernando Henrique Cardoso was president, Brazil only had 1,900 shipbuilders within the industry. According to the Brazilian president, the industry once again has 45,000 workers.
Brazil is currently building a powerful structure to have a powerful shipbuilding industry in the country, said Lula during his weekly radio broadcast, "Breakfast with the President." Brazil is to become an exporter of sensors, platforms and ships.
A few days after this announcement from Pernambuco, a tanker was built for the first time within the country in 13 years. According to Lula, the boat is two and a half times the size of the Maracanã football stadium.
The boat has been named Joao Candido, after the black sailor who led the revolt of Chibata in the early twentieth century.
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