Logistics and International Trade

Logistics and International Trade led by someone who spent 25 years inside the operation.

AEO certification, chartering, freight forwarding and representation of foreign companies in Brazil. No theory in between: I design, file and answer for the operation alongside your team.

Sadia · Alcoa
High scale supply chain
Centurion Shipping
S11D · Vale, Canaã dos Carajás
Cargosnap
Port of Rotterdam · Lloyd's · Gartner
Cubo Itaú
Innovation community
Daniel Maul Lins durante uma palestra sobre inovação em logística

100+

talks

5,000

largest audience

Daniel Maul Lins durante keynote sobre rastreabilidade na cadeia logística
Keynote at ComexTech, São Paulo

Who signs the work

Daniel Maul Lins

Technical consulting in Logistics and Foreign Trade is people, not an org chart. Whoever diagnoses, files and answers for the SLA on your project is the same person who ran operations at a mine, a terminal and on board a ship.

Sadia · Alcoa
High scale supply chain: process discipline, cost and compliance.
Centurion Shipping
Dozens of infrastructure projects, including Vale's S11D in Canaã dos Carajás.
Cargosnap
Cofounder. Investment from the Port of Rotterdam, acceleration by Lloyd's, recognition by Gartner.
Cubo Itaú · stages
Innovation community, keynotes at ComexTech and ILOS, congresses and universities.

Stages and press

Where this knowledge circulates

Keynotes, panels and classes on AEO, logistics innovation and maritime foreign trade, for conferences, associations and universities.

ComexTech

Keynote on digital evidence in foreign trade.

ILOS

Supply chain and customs compliance panel.

Cubo Itaú

Innovation community: mentoring and technical sessions.

Universities

Lectures and examination boards in logistics and foreign trade courses.

How it starts

Three steps, the first one free

No project starts with a commercial proposal. It starts by understanding whether the problem you have is really the problem you describe.

01

45-minute diagnostic

A technical conversation about your operation. I leave with a map of bottlenecks; you leave with an honest reading of feasibility and timeline.

No cost · direct booking

02

Scope with milestones and KPIs

Deliverables, deadlines, owners and the indicators by which the work will be measured, before any signature.

Up to 5 business days

03

Execution alongside your team

Hands-on inside the operation, with monthly indicator cadence and knowledge transfer to the internal team.

Project or monthly retainer

Four fronts

Specialty, not a catalogue

Four services that take 25 years on the road to deliver well. Network consulting, warehousing and process governance remain available, on the Services page, where they belong.

Full services catalogue
01
AEO certification
Diagnosis, self-assessment, 7 and 17-point inspections, filing on Portal Único, responses to queries and ongoing maintenance with Brazilian Customs.

Typical timeline: 8 to 12 months in a structured company

02
Chartering
Voyage, time charter and COA with approved brokers, technical vessel and berth assessment, laytime clauses and operational supervision.

For indivisible, OOG or critical window cargo

03
Freight forwarding oversight
FCL, LCL and door-to-door multimodal. I do not replace your forwarder, I govern their SLA, with KPIs and evidence.

Applies to forwarders and NVOCCs

04
Representation in Brazil
Foreign carriers, operators and manufacturers with active commercial presence, market intelligence and interface with authorities.

Without opening a local subsidiary

The technical wedge · AEO-Security

The 7 and 17-point inspection is where certification fails

Without sound evidence of these checks, AEO status is exposed in any revalidation. I diagnose the gaps, redesign the process with digital evidence and leave the routine auditable, retrieving proof becomes a matter of minutes, not days.

  • The 7 container points: front wall, sides, roof, floor, inside and outside doors, chassis.
  • The 17 vehicle points: cab, engine, tank, chassis, axles, fifth wheel, hidden compartments.
  • Standardised checklist, geotagged photo and digital signature as AEO-S evidence.
  • Monthly indicator cadence with the internal AEO committee and action plan for non conformities.

7

points · container

17

points · road vehicle

Deployed at a port terminal and in operations supported by Cargosnap.

Before we talk

The three questions that define the project

Well-structured companies finish in 8 to 12 months; at an early compliance stage, 18 to 24. Brazilian Customs has up to 120 days to analyze after the QAA protocol — that is why dossier quality matters more than speed.

Bring your operation — in 45 minutes I'll tell you where it's stuck.

Technical conversation, no institutional pitch. If it's not a case for consulting, I'll say that too.

— Daniel Maul Lins