The NORMAM-08 / DPC is now available in English
The English translation of the Brazilian Navy Directorate of Ports andCoasts Maritime Authority Standards for the Traffic and Permanence of Vessels in BrazilianJurisdictional Waters (NORMAM-08/DPC) is now available.
Among other matters the publication sets up the procedures for the clearance of merchant vesselsentering or transiting in Brazilian ports or waterways terminals, focusing on navigation safety,the safeguard of human life at sea and the prevention of water pollution caused by vessels, asestablished in Law no. 9.537/1997 (LESTA), defines the right of innocent passage through theBrazilian territorial sea and discusses the Maritime Traffic Control Information System(SISTRAM) and the procedures during the stay in Brazilian Jurisdictional Waters.
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Source: RMI