Acidentes de navegação em canal de acesso: o papel da autoridade portuária a luz do estudo de casos

Abstract

The following piece aims to identify the part of the Port Authority regarding accidents occurred in the approach channels of their management. Through the course of this thesis, distinctive ideas are presented to achieve a thorough explanation of the problem, those being presented in chapters that are related to the specific goals of this research. Initially, a brief historical overview of the Brazilian port legislation is described, followed by the definitions of public ports and its related area, alongside a subsequent identification of access channels as a portion of the public ports’ area. And so, it is presented the description of incidents at sea, accidents at sea and maritime facts, focusing specifically on the idea of accidents at sea, their following species, as well as their factual circumstances. At last, the accidents that took place in São Luís – MA, involving Vale Indonésia and Stellar Banner vessels, are presented as case studies that allows the fulfillment of this paper main purpose, which consists in identifying Port Authority’s role when the events in question emerge.