Brazilian Cabotage Shipowners Association decides to leaves Syndarma

Syndarma – National Union of Maritime Shipping Companies – released a note to report that the member companies of ABAC – Brazilian Association of Cabotage Shipowners – requested that the Union be dismissed in June.

According to Syndarma, “the entity, founded in 1934, and which acts in defense of the maritime shipping economic category representing the companies that operate in coastal and maritime support navigation, feels sorry that such an important segment of navigation is leaving the union, although it complies with the request for ABAC to be free to act directly with the aim of strengthening the cabotage sector. ”

The move is thought to be motivated by the fact that the cabotage entity and the union have different interests. “One of them, according to sources, would have been the proposal for a provisional measure that would make vessel imports exempt from taxes such as II, PIS, Cofins and make ICMS more flexible. Industry officials have also expressed concern about the number of draft legislation and provisional measures that would in practice make vessel charter rules more flexible, especially in coastal shipping. ”

Source: Syndarma and Portos e Navios

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