RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Army Ferry Boat “Uirá”, attached to the Amazon Military Command Vessel Center (CECMA), and the naval vessel Aripuanã, specialized in hydroceanographic surveys of the Northwest Hydrographic and Navigation Center (CHN-9) of the Brazilian Navy, set sail from Manaus to carry out the hydrographic survey of the Manaus-Camanaús stretch in São Gabriel da Cachoeira.
The unique joint mission aims to find safer navigation routes for the transportation of supplies through the rivers of the Western Amazon, reducing risks, travel time, and costs in the transportation of materials necessary for the maintenance of the troops on the western border of the country.
The CECMA team and CHN-9 soldiers will navigate for about 40 days collecting data on an approximately 1005-kilometer stretch of the Rio Negro riverbed. Modern sensors will be used, and updated information will be generated at the end of the mission.
River crossings with logistical transport are carried out in the region, and activities using tactical vessels in river operations.
Thus, interoperability between the Brazilian Army and the Brazilian Navy, through the joint work between CECMA and CHN-9, will reduce logistical difficulties for the maintenance of the troops of both Forces.
In the near future, interoperability will contribute to cartographic updating, improving the logistics of supplying the region’s municipalities.
With information from Edefa