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“Suape was a baby that has grown up to be a giant”

When Luiz Henrique da Silva first started working as a docker, products.
in 1983, at the age of twenty something, it was all very different. - We always expected things to get better, and they have. More
Over time, he has seen changes and new technology being intro- cargo for the port. International cargo, cabotage. And a lot more
duced at the quayside, gradually relieving him of heavy manual came, didn’t it?
labor. These changes made a deep impression upon him when he Suape leads the Northeast region in the shipment of vehicles
came to work at Suape. and Luiz also plays a part in this. One of his responsibilities is to
- I consider myself one of the patriarchs of this port. Suape was signal cars onto and off of ships.
a baby that has grown up to be a giant. Always looking to the future, Luiz makes a point of preparing for
Seu Luiz, as he is known by his workmates at Suape Workfor- change. He has attended eight courses in total, including training as
ce Management Organization (OGMO), knows what he is talking onboard crane operator, vehicle operator, port security guard, sig-
about. When he first moved from the Port of Recife to Suape, there naler, and general foreman. For someone who once carried sacks of
was only one Multipurpose Quay (MPQ). It was there that he saw sugar and cement on his back, his work, and Suape as a whole, have
cargoes of sugar and containers coming and going, but things since moved much further into the modern world.
were still in their early stages. Since then, he believed that the fu- - The docks are my life. I love my work. Suape has a great future,
ture would bring even more business and a greater diversity of full of promise.

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