INTERVIEW
Sérgio Machado President of Transpetro celebrates the good moment of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry and says that the company is preparing to become the international reference
By Brunno Braga
Since June of 2003 ahead of Transpetro, Sérgio Machado is the responsible person for the challenge of managing the largest logistics company in the country, with a fleet of 56 ships, a network of more than 14 thousand kilometers of pipeline and 48 terminals of oil, derivatives, biofuels and natural gas storage. The largest oil and gas logistics operator of Brazil is responsible for transporting oil
Macaé Offshore – You are ahead of Transpetro for almost one decade. What is your evaluation of the period that you occupy this position and what change since then? Sérgio Machado – During my administration, Transpetro recorded strong growth. We tripled our revenue, reaching R$ 6 billion by the end of 2011 and we also duplicated our profit reaching R$ 629 million in 2011. At the same time, we have reduced the rates of accidents and leaks. The growth follows Brazil’s needs for more petroleum logistics and reflects a forward-looking management and productivity in search of new business niches for the company.
and natural gas between the producers and consumer markets, and it is inserted in the sector that has been generating excellent business opportunities of billions of dollars and generation of full employment. Machado gave an interview by email to Macaé Offshore, and talked about the progress, achievements, problems and challenges to be faced by the company for the future years.
M.O. – How do you evaluate the current scenario of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry?
S.M. – Yes, absolutely. That is why we
S.M. – After decades of crisis, the Brazilian shipbuilding industry is leaving the inertia. Contrary to the forecast from pessimistic people, who thought the task was impossible, we are reconstructing the Brazilian shipbuilding industry in modern and competitive basis.
fleet of Transpetro (Promef). With the
created, in 2004, the program for the modernization and expansion of the intensification of natural gas activities, new business in support of the activities of exploitation and production of oil and waterway transport occurred and there were programs that promoted intense qualification and training of managers. But we certainly will need less time to reach the
M.O. – Do you believe that Brazil will be able to achieve self-sufficiency in the offshore shipbuilding industry and become a player with great international importance?
technological level of world leaders. It should be noted that the current Asian benchmarks of the naval sector led many years to reach the current level. It took Korea 20 years, for example. MACAÉ OFFSHORE 17