Official visit of the Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy and National Maritime Authority to the Hydrographic Institute

The Hydrographic Institute received the first official visit from the Chief of Staff of the Navy and National Maritime Authority (CEMA AMN), Admiral António Silva Ribeiro, and was received on arrival by the Director-General of the Hydrographic Institute (IH), Rear Admiral Coelho Cândido.

During the work visit, the capabilities and future challenges of the IH were presented, which contribute to economic and scientific development, in the service of the Navy and the country.

At the Hydrographic Base, located in Seixal, and at the headquarters of the IH, in Lisbon, Admiral CEMA and AMN passed through the various technical areas, where they contacted directly the military and civilians of this institute, and the Portuguese and Angolan students who currently attend the specialization course in Hydrography, at the School of Hydrography and Oceanography.

The visit ended with the signature of the Book of Honor by Admiral CEMA and AMN, where he expressed the following message “It was with great pleasure and satisfaction that I visited the IH. I like, because it was in this extraordinary institution that I learned and put into practice many of the technical and scientific knowledge about the sea, which so useful have been in my career as an officer of the Armada.

Satisfaction, because I see that the IH continues to progress in the path of what are the primal purposes of the Navy; serving the Portuguese at sea with quality, competence and readiness.

I leave everyone with my grateful thanks for their excellent work. ”

Admiral António Silva Ribeiro, Chief of Staff of the Armada (CEMA) and National Maritime Authority (AMN) was Director General of the IH, from January 2013 until June 2014.