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The
initial mark for the educational enterprises focusing
on the personnel graduation for the Merchant Marine
was the creation, in 1892, in Belém of
Pará, of the School for Engineers and the
Nautical Course. In 1907, the School and the Course
were fused and transformed into the Merchant Marine
School of Pará, the location of which was
justified, as the Amazonic region was the main
rubber extraction center and housed small shipyards
for the repair and construction of the ships which
operated that commercial activity. In the end
of 1939, the southern
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region was favored by the creation, by the
Decree 1766 on November 10th, of the Brazilian
Loyd’s Merchant Marine School of Rio
de Janeiro. Located downtown, it operated
in one of the stairs of the Loyd’s main
office and had, as an extension of its installations,
the School Ship Allegrete, a standard general
cargo ship, adapted with classrooms; Its first
Director was the Admiral Graça Aranha,
who also ran the Company. |
The
School Ship Allegrete |
Unable
to deal with the increasing number of students,
that school was extinct by the Law 2801 from June
18th, 1956, which created, in its place, the Merchant
Marine School of the Navy Secretary, constructed
in Avenida Brasil, by the sea, with the initial
capacity of graduating 80 officers per year, in
the areas of Engineering, Nautical Sciences and
Comfort.
The Boom of the planned development in the country,
from 1964 on, and the exhaustive work developed
by the Directory of Ports and Coast, which commanded
a laborious and complete pool upon the necessities
of the Brazilian merchant fleet, which was expanding,
resulted in the approval, by the National Congress,
of the Law 5461, from June 25th 1968, which destined
the Brazilian Navy the contributions owed by the
maritime companies to the National Service of Industrial
Learning, determining the creation of the Maritime
Education Development Fund, regulated by the decree
828, September 5th 1969.
In the end of 1969, the first Maritime Pool, aiming
at cataloguing all the information on the maritime
personnel school level, social economics and interior
regions distribution, in the main hydrographic sites
was completed. Two plans, based on the pool information,
we put into action: one to fulfil the immediate
and urgent necessities of the Merchant Marine renovation;
and the other, in the long run, aiming at solving,
in a systematic and dynamic way, the problem of
graduating crew members for the renovated fleet.
As
a result of that careful planning, with
the help of the International Maritime Organization,
the Merchant Marine School was transformed,
by the Decree 68042, |
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from January 12th 1971, into the Instruction
Center Admiral Graça Aranha (CIAGA),
one of the most modern and efficient maritime
educational centers in the world, a true
University of the Sea, where all the categories
of crew members could experience both technical
and complementary Education, essentially
tuned to the purposes of our merchant fleet. |
Ciaga’s
activities were ruled by the Ministry of the Navy’s
Act 0678, from June 11th 1972, and its construction
was finished in 1973. On October 8th 1974 the
new set of Regulations was approved by the Minister
of the Navy (Act 1033) , lately altered by the
Minister´s Acts 0893, from June 13th 1980
and 1450, from October 1st 1981. Once the Acts
of Regulation and the ones mentioned above were
revoked, CIAGA had its activities ruled by the
Act 0028, from November 14th 1997, from the Naval
Operations Commander. Once that act was revoked,
those activities and organization were structured
by the Regulations approved by the Act 0002 from
February 4th 1999, from the General Navigation
Director.
To
construct CIAGA financial and technical
support from abroad was necessary, and,
through the United Nations Development Program
(PNUD) and the Maritime International organization
(IMO – formerly IMCO) it turned into
reality. That help included, besides the
donation of part of the equipment, the temporary
assistance of Experts to help and train
the professors in the best use of the equipment. |
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Today, CIAGA is the main subordinate military
organization of the Directory of Ports and Coast,
dedicated to the Professional Maritime Education
and, together with the Instruction Center Admiral
Braz de Aguiar (CIABA) in Belém, in the
state of Pará, house the Merchant Marine
Officers’ Academies (EFOMM).
Admiral
Bonoso
First Commander of the CIAGA |
EFOMM’s
course is developed in six scholar semesters
and two semesters aboard merchant ships
of the Navigation Companies, to the Deck
Officers, and six scholar semesters and
one aboard, for the Engineers. Once approved,
after sea service’s evaluation, graduates
are given the degree of Bachelor in Nautical
Sciences, and are declared 2nd Lieutenants
of the Brazilian Navy Reserve Force.
The Officer’s graduation is also complemented
by specific naval adaptation courses, for
Universities’ recent graduates (ASON
and ASOM) and for Merchant Marine’s
Petty Officers (ACON and ACOM). At the same
time, CIAGA offers specialization and updating
courses to all categories of seamen. |
To
accomplish all its tasks, CIAGA enrolls a force
of 213 military and 201 civilian workers, including
instructors and professors. Its installations
can house up to 600 students in internship. |
