Made available in DSpace on 2012-09-06T01:12:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) 136.pdf: 2863792 bytes, checksum: 8b68087ab64bd8d1c77782a314bc5994 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1999 / Aborda o trabalho marítimo, particularmente o trabalho embarcado em navios de longo curso, cuja tripulaçäo está exposta a longos períodos em viagem, longe do convívio familiar e social, o que pode acarretar em sofrimento psíquico. Procura compreender as consequências da atual política de reduçäo de custos (que no caso da Marinha Mercante vem privilegiando, näo a modernizaçäo tecnológica e sim o corte no número de tripulantes) para a saúde/saúde mental dos trabalhadores. O trabalho de campo foi realizado a bordo de navio petroleiro da Frota Nacional de Petroleiros (FRONAPE), durante percurso compreendido entre Angra dos Reis (Rio de Janeiro/Brasil) e Cape Town (Africa do Sul), no período de 25 de maio a 08 de junho de 1998, sendo realizadas observaçöes das atividades desenvolvidas e das relaçöes de vida e trabalho da tripulaçäo a bordo, bem como entrevistas individuais com onze tripulantes, que foram analisadas tendo como principal abordagem teórico metodológica a psicodinâmica do trabalho. Constatou-se que a família assume papel importante na vida do trabalhador, sendo o seu distanciamento a principal fonte de sofrimento psíquico e debruçar-se sobre o trabalho o principal mecanismo defensivo utilizado pelos trabalhadores para o seu enfrentamento. Esse sofrimento está sendo intensificado pelo näo reconhecimento desse dar-se de si no trabalho e pela queda na remuneraçäo salarial. Contudo, o trabalhador embarcado a partir do prazer gerado pelo uso de sua criatividade e do bom humor na realizaçäo da tarefa, vem conseguindo näo sucumbir ao sofrimento, mantendo-se dentro do domínio da normalidade. / The present study deals with the maritime labor, particularly the work of those on board long distance ships, whose crews spend long periods far away from the family and social intimacy, which leads to psychic suffering. It tries to understand the consequences of the current policy of cutting of costs (which in the case of the Merchant Navy has been privileging the cuts in the number of crew members in detriment of technological modernization) for the health/mental health of the workers. The field work was carried out on board an oil tanker owned by the National Fleet of Oil Tankers (FRONAPE), during the route between Angra dos Reis (Rio de Janeiro/Brazil) and Cape Town (South Africa), from May 25th to June 8th, 1998, during which the carried out activities, the life and work relationships of the crew on board, were observed, as well as individual interviews with eleven members of the crew, that were analyzed having as its main theoretical-methodological approach the Psychodynamics of Labor. Family plays an important role in the worker's life, and staying away from them is the main source of physical suffering. Therefore, full dedication to work is the main defense mechanism used by the workers in order to face the problem. Such suffering is being intensified by the non-recognition of this dedication to work and by a drop of the salary remuneration. However, the worker on board, as of the fun generated by the use of his creativity and good humor on the carrying out of his task, has been able to resist the suffering, staying within the domains of what is considered to be normal.