Navegantes
Navegantes on the map of Santa Catarina
Navegantes is a coastal and tourist city in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
He has the International Airport Minister Victor Konder. The population is 50,888 (as of 2006), the area of 111.461 km ².
Economy and Harbour
The main economic factors are the fishing and shipbuilding. Recently, a container port has received PORTONAVE the operation, including drives the second largest shipping company, MSC, based in Geneva / Switzerland to the port, which is involved through a holding company also in Container Terminal financially. The container port is in direct competition with the neighboring terminal TECONVI 's opposite in Itajaí. From both terminals goods from the State of Santa Catarina are shipped all over the world. These are textile products, shoes and around meat in refrigerated containers. PORTONAVE in 2007 he became its operation and is designed for handling more than 1 million TEU container units. In December 2008, the port facilities of TECONVI were damaged by heavy rains.