Portonave Express Magazine No. 132 - Year 15

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Happy Anniversary, Navegantes!, by Osmari de Castilho Ribas – Chief Administrative Officer of Portonave

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

3 The story of a world silver medal winner

5 Junior Firefighters project now sponsored by the Terminal

Portonave celebrates the National Firefighters’ Day

Social projects have received over one ton of food in donations

Criciúma Hospital gets support from Portonave resources

1st Little Angel Marathon

Tatami Battalion project

A new look for the Citizens’ Judo team

“Prevention: Our Safe Harbor” campaign

Portonave sponsors free audio description training programs

Anti-Drug Program Graduation (Proerd)

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Portonave attends the 7th National Port Operations Meeting (Enaport) and the 10th Labor Management Congress (Conogmo)

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Portonave’s Engineering Department

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Freezer room undergoes corporate audit by BRF

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Navegantes: 60 years beyond the sea!

Cyber Guardian 4.0 proposes measures against cyberattacks

Port regulations and their developments, by Sandro Monteiro, engineer and Master of Engineering

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Evergreen visits the Port

Walvis Bay Corridor Group

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Rocabella learns about the Terminal’s SGI

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OSMARI DE CASTILHO RIBAS Chief Administrative Officer of Portonave

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, NAVEGANTES!

Navegantes is a city of beautiful vistas, colorful culture, personalities, and opportunities. This city has a greater purpose in which shared strategies, new ideas, integration, and dialog forge the path to sustainable development. It is in this path that private initiatives play a key role with the community in developing alternatives to create jobs and revenue, generating effective, balanced growth and contributing towards tackling social issues and promoting major changes.

Planning and forecasts must work together with the mission to find opportunities and solutions that also affect the present, while proposing changes and ensuring robust foundations that allow managers to innovate and take risks.

Now, it is time to celebrate the city’s 60th anniversary, as well as its community’s achievements, while also reflecting on our endeavors. We want this welcoming environment of solidarity found in every street corner, and the history of the people who build and live in this city and their positive memories to last

forever. We want the future to be tied to traditions, memories, and the skills needed to learn from past mistakes.

More importantly, we want to be able to push on, propose innovative solutions to novel problems, create new ways to interact, and become protagonists in our city’s sustainable development.

Dear people of Navegantes, may your strength and determination continue to encourage you and guide your urban space development, the development of your economy, and your quest to solve environmental and social issues. With this, we will be ready for face the city’s future challenges head on, with sustainability and integration, prioritizing inclusion and quality of life.

It is a privilege to belong to this city while understanding what makes it so marvelous and having the opportunity to help improve it even more.

“Believeinyourdreams.Doyour absolutebesteverydaytomakethem come true” – Leonardo.

THE STORY OF A WORLD SILVER MEDAL WINNER

Seventeen-year-old Leonardo Venturini, a student at Portonave partner Instituto Nadar, represented Brazil back in May at one of the biggest world school sports championships: Gymnasiade 2022, in Normandy, France. Leonardo finished 2nd at the 50 m freestyle swimming competition!

In 2016, he joined a training project in Itajaí, supported by coaches Roberto Facchini, Stella Facchini, Leandro Peixoto, and Olympic medal winner and personal sponsor of the institute César Cielo. Since then, Leonardo won several medals, like the bronze medal at the Brasileiro Juvenil 2021 competition in Recife, and a gold medal in Porto Alegre.

Today, he’s looking to consolidate himself in the Junior division, and achieving 2nd place in a global championship has boosted his confidence even more. He’s now training for the Brazilian Junior Summer Championship, which will take place in December in Rio de Janeiro.

The project and its partnership with Portonave

Since 2019, Portonave has been a sponsor of swimming project Instituto Nadar. The project is currently aiding over 4,200 children, teenagers, and elderly people with some form of respiratory co-morbidity or social vulnerability. As part of its commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the project is also aligned with SDGs 3 and 14.

Teamwork

Just like Leonardo, 16-year-old Vinicius Cruz was also part of the Brazilian delegation in Normandy, comprising 230 representatives. Vinicius won the bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle and, together, the two boys competed at a 4x100 m freestyle relay event, also winning bronze. Brazil won 126 medals at the tournament, being surpassed only by France.

“To allow the sport we love help so many people find health and safety was only possible thanks to the incredible support provided by Portonave. There’s no doubt that, today, we’re making a difference in the lives of thousands of families, and we will continue to fight to bring this experience to even more people”

- César Cielo, athlete and sponsor of Instituto Nadar.

Junior Firefighters project now sponsored by the Terminal

The Junior Firefighters project (Bombeiro Mirim), which started at Prof. Maria Xavier de Araújo school in the Meia Praia district, received support from Portonave in the form of textbooks and uniforms for 100 sixth grade students. The efforts were made in partnership with the Fire Department of Navegantes and the local government. The goal of the project is to train children and teenagers on preventive actions that should be taken when there is a risk of accident, contributing towards a safer society. A total of seven lectures will be held, one in each week. The last lecture will include a tour at the Fire Department.

Social Responsibility analyst Ellen Garcia stated that this is “yet another project supported by the Terminal, offering learning opportunities to help children develop their sense of citizenship.” Fire Department captain João Emiliano de Moura Silva Miranda commented that “the primary goal of this project is to develop values and promote the sense of proximity across the community; especially between children and firefighters.”

The subjects of the lectures include: emergency services; accident prevention for children and teenagers; first-aid measures for children and teenagers; safety and prevention against natural disasters; fire safety.

Portonave celebrates the National Firefighters’ Day

Celebrating Brazil’s National Firefighters Day on July 2, Portonave paid tribute to civil firefighters and the Military Fire Department of Navegantes with a photo exhibit titled “Heroes.” The efforts were part of a partnership with photographer and graphic design student Bernardo Henrique Najdzion Schmidt, who used the Department’s search-andrescue dogs as inspiration. The Terminal has a team of seven civil firefighters and the support of the Fire Department with continuous training and aid through local actions. Both the Department’s search-and-rescue dog, Moana, and its handler, Amorim, attended the ceremony.

Social projects have received over one ton of food in donations

Portonave formalized the delivery of 1.6 ton of food donated during the Arraiá Solidário event, an internal campaign involving all of its departments. The Luz da Vida and Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes churches aided 230 socially vulnerable families with food items such as rice, beans, pasta, milk, coffee, tomato sauce, and others, making this the highest amount of food donations among professionals.

Criciúma Hospital gets support from Portonave resources

The new, cutting-edge linear accelerator at São José Hospital in Criciúma was provided with over BRL 265,000.00 in investments from Portonave through the National Program in Support of Oncological Care (Programa Nacional de Apoio à Atenção Oncológica, PRONON), and the Local Fund for the Elderly (Fundo Municipal do Idoso), both of which are

focused on supporting projects through government tax incentive laws. The linear accelerator is a digital device used to treat patients with cancer and lung or spinal cord injury. Another unique feature is the use of robotic arms to generate tomography images. A total of 121 companies and individuals helped acquire this new device and its robotic arms.

1st Little Angel Marathon

A very special Sunday! Pequeno Anjo Children’s Hospital, located in the city of Itajaí, held the 1st Little Angel Marathon (1a CorridadosAnjos) with the goal of raising funds to acquire new equipment and improve health care services. The hospital provides emergency or urgent health care services to children and teenagers ages 0 to 15. Portonave representatives attended the event.

Safety, Port Security, and Environment Manager Fabrício Martins; Safety Assistant Joicy Carvalho; Asset Security Analyst Dulcinei Roth; Safety Intern Alanys Scariot; and Commercial Assistant Augusto Nascimento all took part in the food delivery efforts.

Solidary Legs (“Pernas Solidárias”) project member Duda and Portonave Safety Manager Fabrício Martins, who had the honor of taking part in the marathon.

TATAMI BATALLION PROJECT

The Tatami Battalion (Tropa do Tatame) pilot project was sponsored by the Terminal with shirts and “gi” uniforms for jiu-jitsu, judo, and karate lessons. The initiative was held in the headquarters of the 25th Military Police Battalion in Navegantes by volunteer instructors, with 19 participating children from the Giovana Soares da Cunha public school in the São Paulo district. The goal of the project is to be a reference for children who live and go to school in socially vulnerable communities, encouraging them to learn and develop healthy activities while bringing the Military Police closer to the community.

A new look for the Citizens’ Judo team

All 120 participants of the Citizens’ Judo (Judô Cidadão) project were gifted with new shirts as part of a partnership with the Port of Navegantes. The social project is being held in the São Paulo district, with the goal of promoting well-being, education, and social inclusion for children and teenagers through martial arts. The Port supported this initiative in 2021 by providing judogi uniforms. The project was created by instructor José Teixeira, warehouse manager at Portonave.

Earlier this year, the project was certified by Instituto Selo Social for its contributions towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

WRITTEN BY: DAFNÉE CANELLO, GIOVANNA PEGORARO AND MARIANA ELI

“Prevention: Our Safe Harbor” campaign

Portonave representatives attended the launch of the Women’s Network for the Fight Against Cancer (Rede Feminina de Combate ao Câncer, RFCC), part of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaign in Navegantes. The event displayed the 2022 slogan “Prevention: Our Safe Harbor” and boasts a partnership with the Terminal for the first time. In an effort to raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer prevention, three thousand shirts were made and will be put on sale in the institution’s own headquarters or sold by volunteers across the city’s industries and commercial districts. Profits raised from the shirt sales will fund procedures and actions in the institution, including preventive exams and medication, as well as aid by specialists like psychologists, nutritionists, social workers, and gynecologists.

Our doors are open for new volunteers

Become a volunteer at Navegantes’ Women’s Network! Send us a message at rfcc.navegantes.sc@hotmail.com or call us at +55 47 3319-8785

Portonave sponsors free audio description training programs

Accessibility is one of the essential conditions for proper quality of life. With this in mind, Studio Bianca Alcantara, located in the São Pedro district, launched its first audio description course for people with visual disabilities, teachers, students, and anyone else who might be interested. The course already certified 15 participants.

The project was created by teacher and choreographer Bianca Alcantara Baldo, along with cultural manager and psychologist Ricardo Ismael Testoni. Lectures were taught by journalist and experienced audio describer Rosa Matsushita. Bianca states that “it’s very important that we train audio description professionals for both consultancy and narration roles, especially so that we can integrate people with visual disabilities into society.”

The goal of Studio Bianca Alcantara is to promote local culture through actions and activities, offering wide and equal access to dance and zumba classes along with art workshops. A total of 40 students are currently part of the project, including children, teenagers, adults, and elderly people. In 2022, the project was certified by the UN’s Social Seal Institute (Instituto Selo Social) and was designated as the only official cultural spot in the city by the Brazilian Federal Government.

The Dance and Shine (Dançar e Brilhar) project is sponsored by Portonave, MSC, and Medlog through the Brazilian Cultural Incentive Law.

Over 600 children graduated from the Proerd anti-drug course in the first half of 2022

Fifth grade elementary school students from public schools in Navegantes have completed the Educational Anti-Drug and Anti-Violence Program (Programa Educacional de Resistência às Drogas e à Violência, or Proerd). A total of 662 students from schools Adelaide Konder, CAIC, Eni Erna Gaya, Irene Romão, Izilda Reise Mafra, Maria Ivone Muller dos Santos, and Verginia Guedes Lemos graduated in the educational program. For the second half of 2022, over 700 children are expected to take part in the program.

Portonave sponsored the program through textbooks and uniforms, as well as backpacks, pencil cases, pencils, cups, and hats. Luís Lemos, Commercial Supervisor at Portonave, believes that “the program is essential to educate future citizens by teaching values that help children become adults who are aware of the fight against drugs and violence.”

During the graduation ceremony, students swore to stay away from drugs and violence and sang the official Proerd song, while the best students were gifted a stuffed toy of the program’s mascot.

The Proerd mascot represents the resilience, agility, intelligence, and security students must have when saying no to drugs and helping their peers.

One of the students, Ana Clara, said that she “really liked the lessons, because they promoted respect between our colleagues and good actions through dialog.” She added that she will miss the times she’s spent in the project and the city’s Proerd tutor, 2nd sergeant Dirleuza.

The sergeant stated that “we’ve planted lots of seeds that will certainly bloom into wonderful citizens. The program has been active in Navegantes for over 20 years and has already served almost a third [25,000 people] of its population.”

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Portonave works towards developing citizens.

THE VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE COURSE IS BACK!

All companies may come across emergency situations that require swift, efficient measures by qualified professionals. For this reason, it is essential that they have access to an emergency brigade to help reduce hazard risks for both people and property. Thus, complying with Normative Instruction (IN) No. 28 created by the Santa Catarina Fire Department, Portonave offers yearly emergency brigade courses for a total 40 courseload hours to help professionals become members of the volunteer brigade.

Firefighter Luis Carlos Possamai has been overseeing the lessons and training sessions for five years. “The brigade helps preserve lives and property through effective first-aid actions in risk situations. That’s why it’s important that we continue with our monthly training, which will determine the quality and efficiency of our brigade,” he added. A total of 53 brigade members completed their training in July. Since 2007, 400 members have been trained across 13 classes. The Terminal currently has 115 brigade members on stand-by to ensure the safety of all employees.

The training sessions, which were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are now being held again, with double the demand compared to previous years. Over the course of four days, trainees learned the basics about fires and first aid, disaster risk perception, and the importance of prevention, while also engaging in fire and chemical simulation exercises. Every month, they also participate in a specific training exercise to reinforce what they have learned.

Instructor Fabrício Gerônimo, who has been working at the Terminal as an Occupational Safety Technician for over 12 years, oversees the chemical training sessions. He is in charge of coordinating simulated chemical product leak exercises and teaches trainees about the equipment, behavior, and attitudes required to handle these situations. He believes that “the most important thing is to address brigade members’ awareness, teaching them that their [the respondents’] safety comes first in risk situations, preventing additional casualties during an event.”

Fire simulation exercise at the brigade’s base.

Chemical leak simulation exercise.

Junior Brigade Course at the Terminal QUALIFICATION TRAINING IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST IMPORTANT PORTS!

The Junior Brigade Course lessons began on August 20. The initiative was heralded by Portonave with the goal of teaching the basics of first aid, fires, and citizenship to the 21 enrolled students (children of company employees). A total of 16 lessons will be held on Saturdays. Terminal’s civil firefighter Luiz Carlos Possamai is the instructor in charge of these lessons.

Safety, Port Security, and Environment Manager Fabrício Martins and Supervisor Felipe Erbs Borba completed the Health, Occupational Safety, and Port Security course held by the Port Authority of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. The authority is a joint effort between the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge, making it one of the 15 most important ports in the world according to Datamar. Both professionals had the opportunity to learn more about the latest technologies related to container tracking, ship traffic routes, health programs, etc., making this a great set of knowledge they were able to share with their team.

Observation and Improvement Card

The Terminal updated its Safety Observation Card, a continuous improvement method that collects and acknowledges employee suggestions. This updated tool is now called Observation and Improvement Card (Cartão de Observação e Melhoria). The new version of the card will accept improvement suggestions from any department or division, instead of just the Safety department. Moreover, groups of up three employees may fill in a single card if they happen to share the same idea.

In addition to the physical version found in strategic points across the Port, an online version will also be available in the internal SGC system for employees to fill in and track. “As part of our strategic plan, our goal is to support innovation efforts in our company, and this tool allows us to deliver exactly that, offering a place for everyone to assess improvements and learn how to prioritize them,” explained Carlos Leandro Assini, Integrated System Management (SGI) Supervisor.

Awards

Employees who provide the best improvement suggestions will be awarded every month and every six months. For this reason, new scoring criteria were defined, according to the impact of each submission and the respective category.

MEN’S DAY

July 15 is the National Men’s Day in Brazil. This date was created in 1992 by the National Order of Writers, with the goal of raising awareness to problems specific to men, such as prostate cancer. Portonave paid tribute to its employees with a special video using Instagram Reels. Scan the QR Code and watch the video now.

A chat with SGI

A total of 70 employees attended the 2nd Chat with SGI, an event aimed at sharing internal customer satisfaction survey results from the Integrated Management System. Attendants had the opportunity to discuss the actions implemented to improve aspects identified as improvement opportunities. This, in turn,

allow attendees to approach and interact with the SGI team, making suggestions for other improvement points in a timely manner. The event is a major opportunity to show professionals that the survey plays an important role in the team’s efforts towards continuously improving SGI tools.

Lean Manufacturing Philosophy Terminal attends the 7th ENAPORT and 10th CONOGMO

Integrated Management System Supervisor Carlos Leandro Assini attended the 31st CIDESPORT webinar in the latter half of August. The webinar discussed Lean Manufacturing, whose goal is to eliminate wastefulness by continuously improving processes and focusing on only delivering value to customers.

The discussion was mediated by Ademar Dutra, professor at Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (Unisul) and CIDESPORT General Coordinator, who spoke about Portonave’s case. Scan the QR Code and watch now.

In July, Portonave attended the 7th National Port Operations Activities Meet-up (Encontro Nacional da Atividades de Operações Portuárias, ENAPORT) and the 10th National Labor Management Congress (Congresso Nacional dos Ogmos, CONOGMO), in Brasília. The event was organized by the Brazilian Federation of Port Operations (Federação Nacional das Operações Portuárias, FENOP) and featured authorities and professionals from the port sector and the government representatives. CAO Osmari de Castilho Ribas represented Portonave in the event.

ANGELINA FRANCIELE CAVALLI Engineering Manager

Portonave’s Engineering Department

“It’s in the Engineering Department that Portonave’s plans for the future come to fruition, through technical studies and development of future projects.”

Portonave’s new expansion, compliance, and infrastructure projects under the coordination of our Engineering Department are the key highlights of this issue of Express Chat. The Engineering and Civil Maintenance teams are currently comprised of 38 employees. Check out our interview with Engineering Manager Angelina Cavalli.

Express: Are there any projects or updates in progress?

Angelina: The mission of the Engineering Department is to maintain Portonave’s structure in perfect condition, driving value and innovating processes. In order to fulfill our mission, our team is divided in two areas: the Engineering area and the Civil Maintenance area. The Engineering area is responsible for preparing and carrying out Portonave’s civil structure improvement projects, including expansion and infrastructure projects. It’s in the Engineering Department that Portonave’s plans for the future come to fruition, through technical studies and development of future projects. Once matured, the infrastructure project management can be handled by the engineering team or a dedicated project team, as is the case of the Pier Improvement Project, which is managed by its own dedicated team. After the projects are carried out, they need to be maintained; that’s when the civil maintenance team comes in. In order to ensure Portonave’s structure are always in peak condition, the civil management team works to keep these structures safe and aesthetically pleasing for our employees. For example, the Maintenance Department is in charge of ensuring the fire safety structures are always available.

Angelina: We’re always developing something new! Right now, we’re working on the verticalization of Portonave’s warehouse area, which should be done by the end of the year. We’re also developing a pilot project to modernize our Maintenance area offices, in order to create a safe environment to drive innovation. We’re hoping everyone gets to visit these areas once the projects are finished. We also have a few infrastructure projects that are still under development, which should increase our capacity and productivity within the next few years. We are also working on the pier improvement project as a support team.

Express: What are the plans for the next few months or years?

Angelina: Within the next months, we will begin our architecture survey to modernize Portonave’s administration building. There’s also the reefer area expansion project, which will enhance our ability to receive refrigerated containers.

Express: As a manager, how do you assess the team’s performance and engagement?

Angelina: Several different projects were developed and carried out by the Engineering Department, but I believe that the most relevant ones were the pier improvement projects and the expansion of the cargo storage area between 2013 and 2015. These projects were essential to allow our Port to keep itself at the top of the national logistics chain.

Angelina: I’d say no other team is more engaged than Portonave. I’ve worked at many different places before, with many multidisciplinary teams, but Portonave’s Engineering and Civil Maintenance team is more than just a work group. It’s a family, and I’m very proud to be a member and leader of a team as excellent as this one.

Express: What are the duties and actions of the engineering department?

Express: What were the major achievements of the department over the course of these 15 years?

Freezer room undergoes corporate audit by BRF

BRF, one of the world’s leading companies in the food sector, recently carried out a corporate audit at Iceport. The audit served as preparation for another upcoming audit in September by YUM, a representative of brands such as KFC, Pizza Hut, and Habib’s, and a BRF customer. This process involves analyzing aspects that affect the quality of procedures and operational, documentation, and legislation processes, which involve different global standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 22000.

In addition to these yearly audits, there are also bimonthly checks to establish action plans related to the corporate audit. This audit generates a grade that qualifies the supplier according to BRF’s standards. For this latest audit, Iceport was given an A grade. Grades range from A to D, meaning the company achieved the highest possible supplier grade, with approximately 94% of leverage in processes and documentation.

“Not many units were graded A in Brazil to become YUM suppliers, and Iceport believes this is a competitive advantage not only for BRF shipments, but also for other exporters. Iceport is also the only warehouse in southern Brazil qualified for shipments to Chile, which serves as a destination of major Brazilian exporters. Together, these qualifications make Iceport a reference for this market demand,” explained Bruno Vargas, Operations Manager at Iceport.

Iceport’s Quality Team, comprised of Maely Petry, Ana Paula de Souza, André Koch, Sullen André, and Marcos Fernandes, along with Cristina Andrade of the Integrated Management System, welcomed Monica Imagawa, internal quality auditor at BRF, for customer analysis. Other Iceport and Portonave departments were also involved with their own contributions.

NAVEGANTES: 60 YEARS BEYOND THE SEA

The people of Navegantes, known by their friendly nickname of dengo-dengo, celebrated the 60th anniversary of the city’s emancipation on August 26. It is thanks to the seas that fishermen support themselves, and it’s also the seas that bring huge ships from all over the world, contributing to the city’s economy. And it was from the seas that people who colonized Navegantes arrived, called the açorianos, the people of Azores.

The city’s unique natural landscape is also home to the Itajaí-Açu river, birthplace of Portonave, the first private container terminal in Brazil. Ever since it was built in 2005, the Terminal has been maintaining its commitment to integrating the local community, through social environmental projects and investments.

Some of these projects changed the city’s landscape after the Port’s arrival, including the creation of the Avenida Portuária road that connects to BR-470 highway. It’s this road that allows shipments to arrive at and leave the Terminal. The Our Beach

(Nossa Praia) project, on the other hand, changed the look of the city’s coastline with significant improvements to the Praia Navegantes beach.

Other initiatives are being carried out in partnership with schools, such as the Educational Anti-Drug and Anti-Violence Program (Programa Educacional de Resistência às Drogas e à Violência, or Proerd), and projects to encourage the creation of extracurricular sports activities and environmental and cultural programs. All of this helps bring value to the city’s regional characteristics and promote the development of future generations.

A total of 33,000 people lived in the city when port operations began in 2007. Thanks to the support given to the city’s socialeconomic, industrial and commercial sectors, its population eventually grew to 85,700, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, IBGE).

WRITTEN BY: DAFNÉE CANELLO AND MARIANA ELI

As a major source of tax revenue for Navegantes, Portonave pays BRL 1.7 million in service taxes every month, which contributes to improved life conditions, better infrastructure, security, and other urban social aspects. This amount represents approximately 40% of the yearly per capita GDP.

Portonave’s employees also deserve special mention. Of its 1,055 direct employees, 68% live in Navegantes, which reinforces the company’s relationship with the local area.

Portonave is proud to have been a part of these 60 years of history by connecting the city to other seas and sharing its achievements with the dengo-dengo.

The Navegantes ship docks at Portonave

The Navegantes Express ship, named after the city of Navegantes and belonging to shipowner Hapag-Lloyd docked at Portonave on July 13. Navegantes Express is one of the largest vessels operating in Brazilian ports, being 330 m long and 48.2 m wide, capable of carrying 12,000 TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units). The vessel operates within Asian services, docking at ports in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as ports in Brazil, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo. The last time a ship bearing the city’s name docked at our port was in 2011, also owned by Hapag-Lloyd. The ship was 274.6 m long and serviced the Gulf of Mexico (US and Caribbean).

Celebrations

To celebrate the city’s anniversary, the Department of Education of Navegantes promoted the Civic Parade (Desfile Cívico) with public school students, paying tribute to the city’s traditions, culture, cuisine, natural landscapes, commerce, and industry.

Portonave is one of the companies represented in the parade. CAO Osmari de Castilho Ribas was awarded the Prefeito Athanásio Joaquim Rodrigues Medal of Merit by the Navegantes Cultural Foundation (Fundação Cultural de Navegantes) through the city’s Culture Council. The medal is awarded as acknowledgment for the services provided to the city and the awarded individuals’ relevance to the local population.

Guardião Cibernético 4.0 proposes measures against cyberattacks

Over 100 organizations and companies in the public and private sectors attended the Cyber Guardian 4.0 Exercise (ExercícioGuardiãoCibernético4.0) in Brasília. Portonave’s IT professionals attended the event, representing the port infrastructure sector.

The event involved cyberattack simulation exercises with the goal of assessing how companies’ cyber security structures are built. It is considered the largest cyber defense exercise in the southern hemisphere and, for the first time, the event welcomed key figures in sectors such as energy (ANEEL, ONS, and ANP), communications (ANATAL and Correios, the Brazilian Postal Service), and transport (ANAC, ANTAQ, and ANTT).

From left to right: Wedson Silva, employee at Brasil Terminal Portuário; Fernando Andrade from Voffice; Portonave employees Higor Henrique Santos and Valdir Sulzbach, and Portonave’s IT manager Jardel Fischer.

WRITTEN BY: DAFNÉE CANELLO AND MARIANA ELI

SANDRO MONTEIRO Engineer and Master of Engineering

PORT REGULATIONS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENTS

For this issue, we invited engineer and Master of Engineering Sandro Monteiro to tell us more about the sector. Monteiro has been working in infrastructure sectors since 1995 and has prior experience in multinational companies and in the Ministry of Mining and Energy. He is currently a graduate course professor and a public career lecturer as Regulations Specialist.

Express: You have recently released a book titled “Port Regulations Course” (Curso de Regulação Portuária) with the goal of providing support to the competitive aspects of ports. With this in mind, what is the best way to apply this concept in Brazil?

Sandro: The book focuses on training and qualifying professionals, showing a roadmap for this expansive, new world of port regulations, which has yet to be deeply explored. It seeks to provide an outlook on the medium-term financial and competitive aspects of Brazilian maritime transport. It’s worth noting that, in competitive markets, no individual company holds immense power and faces market variables at face-value. It’s up to the companies to adapt themselves. The pursuit for better revenue opportunities (which can be transferred over to executives, local community, and workers), essentially depends on their efforts to sustain activities, reduce costs, improve efficiency and innovate, leading to quality improvements or new products that could justify greater returns. Today, the support provided through healthy competition and regulation standards is an essential tool in developing these markets. In fact, the port regulations play a noble role for us Brazilians.

We have to understand that in contemporary States, governments’ central planning strategies don’t determine the economy’s direction. Economic freedom helps provide a direction for production development while finding a balance between interests. There’s a certain notion that greater government influence leads to more negative impacts (e.g., damages, slowness, innovation bottlenecks) than positive ones for society.

In this context, the Regulatory State’s key role is to provide

a service to the people that encourages, harmonizes, and mediates interests for the common good, and it is the government’s duty to create favorable conditions for that, organizing and applying “game rules” akin to an umpire. Since this intervention in production environments happens indirectly through regulatory agencies, coercive instruments are applied only when strictly needed, relying on voluntary, responsive, or induced cooperation from individuals. It’s a new point of view and a deeper understanding of regulations. That’s what the book is about.

Express: How would you assess the evolution of port regulations over the last few years?

Sandro: The book also deals with this issue. Neoliberal capitalism is in effect in Brazil, although the State funds a significant portion of social rights. Freedom of competition is what’s protected by this model, which gives economic agents the authorization to enter the market and act freely to win customers over, while also offering consumer the freedom to choose the goods and services that are offered. This is called supply shock. Sector regulations, therefore, have been playing a subsidiary role more and more, and this trend can be observed ever since the 1988 Federal Constitution was introduced. Starting in 1993, thanks to the Port Modernization Law, as I see it, port regulations were divided into three dimensions: technical (minimum quality standards, standardized service levels, and accountability), market (new grants and transfers, including funding incentives), and economic (well-being, financial economic balance in exploration, protection of competitive standards, and long-term efficiency).

After the technical regulations’ highest priority issues were resolved in the 1990s and 2000s, market regulations took center stage in 2010, when there was a “boom” in new contracts.

As the sector continued to grow, the economic dimension became a new bastion; a new frontline. Why is that? Up until the 1990s in Brazil, government regulations used publicly traded companies in a decentralized manner, although the creation of independent entities as regulatory instruments was nothing new in the world. The influence of this Anglo-Saxon model in Brazil emerged thanks to globalization. Politicians firmly believed that regulatory entities would serve as better governance and legitimization instruments. However, we were late in stepping into this world. ANTAQ wouldn’t be founded until 2001, but the extremely positive impacts brought by the agency would quickly become comparatively evident. Now that we’re in the 2020s, individuals are being convinced that in order for the government to take action, there needs to be some degree of instrumental rationality, a balance between the means and the ends to maximize utility and resources. Therefore, throughout this evolution, the idea of nonaction has become a regulatory alternative at the same hierarchical level as the others. Competitive pressures are being greatly leveraged, allowing regulations to become more flexible and gradually replacing prior controls with a posteriori market mechanisms or controls.

that one of the most important factors in attracting direct foreign investments lies in ensuring a trustworthy regulatory environment. There is clearly a demand for sector regulations, and it comes from different sides: i) users want lower prices and higher quality; ii) experienced companies want to decrease business risks; and iii) new companies want opportunities to enter the market by allowing greater competition.

The greater the benefits of regulation, the more demand there is for it. Achieving a balance across these interests is a challenge in itself, considering our history with a civil legislation that does not trust investments while creating controls and blockades unlike anywhere else in the world, particularly in Hanseatic ports, which serve as a benchmark for our own ports.

Express: What do you think about the port sector’s actions during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Sandro: The sector faced extremely difficult challenges skillfully and competently. Maritime transport couldn’t stop, and port workers made this sacrifice for all of us. There was an exponential rise in demand and infrastructure was used near capacity across various terminals. Cruise ships evidently suffered the most, but it became clear that we are ready for the worst-case scenarios and that the necessary reforms are going in the right direction.

Sandro: The book features a historical recap. Sector regulations in Brazil were made before the regulated sectors. Therefore, they need to coexist with pre-existing characteristics and models, working progressively and slowly. Last year, in the book titled “20 years of Law No. 10233/2001” (20 anos da Lei n° 10.233/2001), published by Editora Fórum, I wrote a chapter outlining our achievements in tax-related issues.

From all our experiences around the world, we’ve learned that the privatization of infrastructure services must happen alongside the creation of robust regulatory changes. Moreover, it is clear

Express: How do you assess Brazil’s role in the sector at an international level?

Sandro: We are below our potential. There is room for improvement. Maritime transport in Brazil is becoming increasingly more strategic, especially with exports. Compared to roadway and railway transport, maritime transport has competitive advantages, such as the ability to deliver greater volumes in each vehicle, fluid traffic without any jams and fasterthan-average speed to deliver shipments. Thinking about the

Express: What are the developments and limitations of port regulations in Brazil?

future is a continuous challenge, as we are usually overtaken by the present. But this is a matter of survival, of taking advantage of opportunities. The pandemic pulled an irreversible trigger when it comes to logistics: the just-in-time production model is under scrutiny, and companies are beginning to stock up to mitigate risks. That’s something to look out for. Brazilian ports are exceeding their traditional roles (modal exchange and pass-through points) to become a link in the logistics chain: an integrated, door-to-door business hub driving value. We’ve made a long progress when it comes to this issue.

Express: Brazil’s international market share is only 1.4% as the world’s 9th largest economy. How do you think regulations can contribute to increase this percentage?

Sandro: Regulations are essential as an inductor of economic growth, and the book encourages readers to reflect on that. As stated in the 1988 Federal Constitution and consigned under Law No. 12815 from 2013, port exploration rights are still largely in the hands of the government, either directly or indirectly. On the other hand, the Federal Government has been prioritizing investments in key public assets, such as health care and education. Therefore, this share will only increase if the private sector makes significant investments. Naturally, if the private sector is interested in making investments, there will be few reasons for government participation to continue as is.

Major countries can’t rely on government funding for economic growth, and that’s why port concessions have become a priority issue. There can only be investments when business executives perceive opportunities to obtain surplus capital with fair remuneration. This would lead to more jobs and, as a result, increased revenue for the region. It’s a (Keynesian) virtuous cycle, in which the political and institutional nature of regulators in an emerging economy like Brazil becomes evident: i) legal security

for investors (government agency); ii) stability for long-term contracts; iii) trustworthy institutional governance environment.

Express: The Port of Navegantes is the first private port terminal in Brazil, having initiated its operations in 2007. What do you consider to be the most notable achievements for this sector since then?

Sandro: From a legal standpoint, there is the amendment to Decree 620 from 2018 (regarding the preponderant movement of own cargo at a subsidiary and incidental nature by third parties, with permits), and later Law 12815 from 2013 (New Law of Ports), which removed this restriction.

According to data from ANTAQ’s Grants Panel (Painel de Outorgas), the number of yearly average grants from 1993 to 2001 was 4.8. Between 2002 to 2009, we saw an average of 7.5 (56% increase) and, between 2010 and 2018, an average of 11.6 (141% increase). It’s clear that the 2013 law was successful, with its major focus on authorization grants. Data from February 2021 showed 250 private facilities received such grants.

According to this same panel, a total of BRL 51.26 billion in investments are expected to be made for authorization grants. The majority of these facilities, 87% of them, are already operational, and 23% have already been constructed, had their construction projects initiated, or are expected to initiate. Data from ANTAQ’s Yearly Maritime Statistics (Anuário Estatístico Aquaviário) showed that, in 2021, private ports already corresponded to 66% of all cargo transports in tons. In fact, these are impressive numbers, and the Port of Navegantes played a key role in achieving them. Today, it is considered one of the leading private container terminals, corresponding to around 8% of national traffic alone. The Port Terminal of Itajaí is also impressive thanks to its specialization in container loads.

YOUNG APPRENTICES VISIT THE TERMINAL

(Programa Jovens Aprendizes), developed in partnership with learning institute Senai, went on a guided tour around the Port Terminal. A total of 90 students from courses such as industrial mechanics, industrial electrics, and systems program in the IT field attended the event, Osmari de Castilho Ribas, CAO of Portonave, also talked about the port’s history and values.

Castilho said that “we have maintained a partnership with Senai since 2008, having qualified 415 apprentices, including professionals from different areas at Portonave who originally joined us as apprentices themselves. We are proud to be able to contribute to the careers of these young adults, opening doors for them to learn more about what it’s like to work in ports while knowing they can join us in the future.”

About the Young Apprentices Program

Young Apprentices is a free-of-charge program with the goal of preparing and helping young adults and teenagers ages 14 to 24 enter the job market. At Portonave, this partnership is maintained between the HR department and Senai’s Foz do Rio de Itajaí branch.

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Evergreen visits the Port

CEO Mbahupu Tjivikua and Walvis Bay Corridor Group’s (WBCG) Brazil sales representative Ricardo Latkani visited the Port of Navegantes to learn more about processes of the Terminal. Located in Namibia, WBCG was founded 22 years ago with the goal of increasing the number of loads to the Port of Walvis Bay and the corridors connected to it.

Rocabella learns about the Terminal’s SGI

With the goal of learning more about the Integrated Management System (SGI), the 5S Program (Programa 5S), and the best quality practices employed by Portonave, a group of representatives from Rocabella Trading Imp. e Exp. visited the port for a benchmarking tour. Rocabella is specialized in importing textiles and high-quality threads, having commenced operations with Portonave in 2010 with recurring port traffic.

Representatives from shipowner Evergreen’s regional offices in Panama visited the Terminal for a tour. They were joined by commercial supervisor Luís Lemos and commercial analyst Ricardo Evaristo to discuss new perspectives in the ports market. Evergreen is currently the sixth largest shipowner in the world in market share, according to Alphaliner. The shipowner is part of two maritime lines that dock at Portonave and connect Asian ports to the Brazilian coastline.

PORTONAVE PAYS TRIBUTE TO TRUCK DRIVERS

Aftersomany trips,it’syour turn to get a specialdelivery, drivers!

July 25 is the National Drivers’ Day, and the Terminal gifted one thousand gift bags with mugs and eco cups for drivers at Portonave’s gates and Iceport’s entry and exit cell (CES). Gate operators contributed to this campaign by giving the gift bags themselves.

Jean Carlo dos Santos, who has been a driver for two years, offered his gratitude. “It was an unexpected gesture and a something only the Port has done. It keeps us motivated to keep working in this profession. Thank you!”

Portonave produced a video on this special occasion. Scan the QR Code or visit our YouTube channel.

1.500 drivers pass through the Terminal Gates every day.

In 2021, our Gate was used over 500,000 times

To make the process of receiving trucks more efficient, Portonave makes use of an efficient system to load and unload containers.

Entry and exit schedules are handled online

Today, the average time between a truck’s entry and exit at Portonave is 25 minutes

Actions like this show theimportanceof acknowledginga professionalthatisso essential to our lives. HappyDrivers’Day!

Surfers win championships in Praia Brava and Imbituba

Navegantes’ Community Firefighters Graduation

Nineteen men and women graduated in Navegantes’ Community Firefighters course in the second half of August. Taught by the Military Fire Department of Navegantes, the course began in December 2021 with a total of 414 hours of courseload. Portonave contributed to the graduation with gifts and presents for the graduating trainees and instructors. During the ceremony, held at Navegantes’ Public Servants Association (Associação dos Servidores de Navegantes), senior executives Osmari de Castilho Ribas and Renê Duarte were awarded a plaque as thanks for Portonave’s support.

Surfer Matheus Navarro won the Itajaí Pro championship of the Santa Catarina Professional Surf Circuit Federation (Circuito Profissional da Federação Catarinese de Surf, FECARSURF), held in Praia Brava. The result pushed the Itajaí local to the top of the Santa Catarina ranking. Sponsored by Portonave, Matheus was thrilled with his achievement.

On the other hand, Gustavo Furtoso, a young boy who’s also sponsored by Portonave, achieved first place in the 8-andunder competition of the Imbituba Surf Circuit 2022 (Circuito Imbitubense de Surf 2022), held in the city of Imbituba. “It felt great to get to the highest spot of the podium at Praia da Vila. I got to show off my surfing skills and everything went well,” he added. The child athlete had to step away from surfing for three months due to a tibial fracture as a result of a bicycle accident. Fortunately, he was aided by a multidisciplinary team who helped him to fully recover and hit the waves again. He became a finalist 24 times in 2021 and won eight championships. There have been five stages this year, and Furtoso won two of them in Imbituba, at Praia da Vila and Praia da Luz beaches.

“My parents’ passion for surfing brought me closer to this world, and I’ve been a part of it since I was a year old, when my dad would put me on a longboard with him. With time, I kept learning and improving, and started competing when I was four years old. I’ve always loved wearing a competitive wetsuit. When I was four, I won my first championship in Campeche, Florianópolis. There’s nothing like this feeling. You have to win to know it,” said Gustavo.

Event discusses the Authorized Economic Operator certification

Commercial Supervisor Luís Lemos held a lecture about the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) certification during an event promoted by trade consultancy Gentil Consuloria in partnership with Portonave. Representatives from the local foreign trade segment also attended the event.

KIDS IN THE CV: HOW TO BALANCE LIFE BETWEEN WORK AND THE KIDS

Achieving a balance between parenting and professional life requires composure, safety, and care. For this reason, Portonave partnered with consultant Filhos no Currículo for a Father’s Day action to discuss parenting issues. Created to prove that children can power our professional lives as fathers and mothers, Filhos no Currículo encourages companies to reflect on work relationships and offers personal development tools for parents and professionals.

Meet-ups were held on August 16 to 18 by Marlon Camacho, parental educator with a focus on early childhood and creator of the Child of the Future (Criança do Futuro) program, as well as social media content for parents and teachers to help them foster the best relationship with their children. We’ve spoken to a few fathers who attended the event and offered us their testimonials about what changes they’ve experienced with this approach to their personal and professional lives.

“The most important thing to learn is that our children actually have a lot to teach us. Sometimes we judge them as just being kids, when they actually have a fresh mindset without any repeating thoughts or attitudes to hold them back, and with a lot of clever teachings for us. I changed a lot once I became a father. Obviously, I have more responsibilities now since I have to look after them, and my decisions especially hold more weight. We stop being self-centered and start thinking more about our kids. I’ve learned how to be more patient, tolerant, empathetic, and resilient, and sometimes we don’t immediately realize that. I saw a positive change in my career and in my relationship with my son. Portonave really feels like a family of its own. Most employees grew with the company and its family-oriented initiatives reiterate that.”

“If we become better parents, we will definitely become better professionals. Every family-oriented training and lecture offers us a new outlook. The lecturer said at the start that he was there for the kids. And that’s what we do every day: we’re here, in the company, for our children. I find this outlook and mindset to be very positive. These kinds of initiatives make us feel confident while offering us support. There were even new parents in the event who asked others what it was like to have a second child. And as the lecturer said back then, it doesn’t matter how many children you have; you’ll have a very particular kind of relationship with each of them. What’s important is to work hard. It’s a good idea to go beyond the technical aspects of our job and talk about family in the work environment.”

“I’ve been at Portonave for 14 years and I’ve been to many lectures since then. ‘Kids in the CV’ has by far been the best. I even wish it was longer. There’s always something to learn. Still, as a parent, the lecture opened my eyes about things I did without even noticing. One thing that stuck with me was trying to understand my kids by looking at things the way they see them, and not the way I think they see them. It made me realize that I could also apply this attitude to my team. I’m putting everything I heard in the event to practice, and I think it’ll only bring positive changes to my life. I believe initiatives like this give me the foundation to continue the hard but gratifying task of being a parent.”

Emanuel Silveira Jorge – Operations Manager

Father of Caetano Miranda Jorge (six years old)

Everton Pivatto Balbino - Electric Maintenance head

Father of Helena Balbino (three years old) and João Guilherme Pivatto Bruschi (ten years old)

Rodrigo Querino de Almeida - Senior Instructor Operator Father of Julia Vitória (ten years old) and Gabriel Luiz (fifteen years old)

BY: MARIANA ELI

PORTONAVE INSTITUTE

READING AREA RECOMMENDATION 36

FCPA AND THE ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW: ADMINISTRATORS’ PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

Diego de Paula

FCPA and the Anti-Corruption Law ( FCPA e Lei Anticorrupção ) is part of a collection of works titled “Rights, Anti-Corruption Law, and Compliance” Direito, Anticorrupção e Compliance ), based on the author’s Master’s Thesis on Legal Sciences with guidance from its organizers. The third volume discusses the personal responsibility of administrators, while Master of Law and attorney Diego de Paula outlines situations in which administrators are personally held accountable in corporations involved in corruption cases, from the perspective of the US’ FCPA and the Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law.

Diego de Paula has been in charge of Portonave’s Legal Department since 2011.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Publisher: Habitus

Author: Diego de Paula

Organizers: Gilson Jacobsen, Marcelo Buzaglo Dantas, and Orlando Luiz Zanon Junior

Language: Portuguese

Year: 2021

Number of pages: 224

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