PORTOS DOS AÇORES, SOCIEDADE GESTORA DE PARTICIPAÇÕES SOCIAIS, S.A.

The Autonomous Regions could turn their very remote location into advantages or at least reduce the disadvantages if they possessed the expertise in not wasting sea treasures through a very efficient management of sea resources, which implies a safer environment, creating conditions that avoid risky situations and diminish the accidents’ effects gravity.

The carriage of goods and people and the port activities involved in, such as fisheries, marine aggregate extraction, actions to combat oil accidents and others, land activities tightly dependent on sea conditions in Maritime Regions, such as the Azores, demand more and more, and in the first instance, the implementation of Maritime Safety levels. Therefore, it also demands our consideration in how to guarantee its continuity and development.