Real results in foreign trade

Challenge

An AEO-certified company needed to preserve the seal through Brazilian Customs audits. Container, seal and cargo inspections were logged on spreadsheets and loose photos, with no auditable trail, making it hard to prove compliance in the self-assessments and revalidations.

Solution

• Diagnosis of the critical points of the AEO-Security and AEO-Compliance programs.
• Rollout of Cargosnap as the digital inspection layer: geotagged photos, standardized checklists and electronic signature at each event (receipt, stuffing, unstuffing, sealing, dispatch).
• Records integrated into a single dashboard, exportable to Brazilian Customs in a format accepted by the self-assessment.
• Operational training and a monthly cadence of KPI review with the internal AEO committee.

Results

• 100% of critical moves with signed, dated digital evidence.
• Sharp reduction in audit response time, from days to minutes.
• AEO certification maintained with no material findings in the revalidation cycle.
• A historical database that now supports continuous improvement and training.

Challenge

One of Brazil's largest multi-use port terminals runs thousands of stuffing, storage and distribution operations, each requiring checklists, photos and reports as proof of cargo condition. Evidence was scattered across physical cameras and paper, making it nearly impossible to centralize records or trace documentation back to a specific container. When clients or Customs asked for proof of a shipment, sometimes months later, the team could spend up to three days hunting for photos and documents, jeopardizing the process integrity that supports AEO certification.

Solution

• Business case built with the logistics leadership, connecting cargo traceability to AEO-S and AEO-C requirements, supply chain security, cargo access control and evidence integrity.
• Rollout of Cargosnap as a single inspection platform: operators capture photos and checklists on mobile at the point of handling, auto-linked to the container number, timestamped and geotagged.
• Custom workflows configured for the 7-point international container inspection certificate, digitally signed and sent directly to Brazilian Customs.
• Evidence governance redesigned to answer AEO and QAA audits in minutes, with end-to-end auditable trail by container reference.

Results

• 100% of cargo checklists went paperless.
• Retrieval of records from past shipments dropped from up to 3 days to minutes.
• Visual proof ready for damage claims: date, time, GPS and operator linked to the container.
• Solid evidence base to sustain AEO, international customer audits and the 7-point inspection certificate.

Challenge

A large infrastructure project required international movement of over-dimensioned steel structures, with weight and length incompatible with the liner service. The on-site assembly window was non-negotiable, any delay would push back construction fronts and commissioning.

Solution

• Route study, analysis of origin/destination ports and handling feasibility for each piece.
• Voyage charter bidding with carriers specialized in heavy-lift and break-bulk.
• Coordination of lashing plan, stowage engineering and loading/unloading supervision on both sides.
• Interface with insurer, port authorities and the project's EPC throughout the voyage.

Results

• Consolidated shipment in a single voyage, eliminating multiple FCL slots and transshipments.
• Arrival within the critical assembly window, preserving the project schedule.
• Zero material damage recorded at discharge.
• Total cost (freight + insurance + avoided demurrage) lower than the fragmented liner scenario.

Challenge

The ComexTech 2025 organization needed a keynote that would connect an audience of shippers, logistics operators, customs brokers and authorities to an urgent theme: how digital evidence and data integration are redesigning customs compliance and operational efficiency. The challenge was to translate technology into executive narrative, with real field cases, not vendor promises.

Solution

• Story curation drawing on 25 years of operations (Sadia, Alcoa, Cargosnap, Centurion Shipping) and on the Maersk × Cargosnap case for digital container inspections.
• Talk structured in three acts: real pain at customs and ports, the data architecture that supports AEO and audit, and the new role of the foreign trade professional in the age of AI and automation.
• Live demo of digital evidence (geotagged photos, signed checklists, auditable trail) applied to AEO, chartering and freight forwarding.
• Closing with a practical 5-step framework so the audience could start digitizing inspections and evidence the Monday after the event.

Results

• Keynote delivered to an audience of roughly 5,000 people on the main stage of ComexTech 2025.
• High ratings for content and practical applicability in post-event surveys.
• Significant generation of qualified leads for AEO consulting, chartering and digitalization projects.
• Follow-on invitations to corporate keynotes, boards and foreign trade communities.

Challenge

ILOS 2025 gathered around 3,000 supply chain, logistics and foreign trade executives. The organization needed a keynote able to translate, for a senior audience, how end-to-end traceability and digital evidence are reshaping quality, compliance and speed in demanding chains, such as animal protein, inspired by real operations from players like Minerva Foods.

Solution

• Narrative curated from 25 years of operations and the Minerva Foods × Cargosnap case, which digitized inspections, checklists and photo evidence across the protein export chain.
• Talk structured in three blocks: the hidden cost of missing evidence, the data architecture that supports AEO and international customer audits, and the new quality standard demanded by importing markets.
• Live demo of how geotagged photos, signed checklists and auditable trails connect to AEO, freight forwarding and chartering of sensitive cargo.
• Closing with a practical 90-day roadmap for supply chain leaders to launch a digital traceability pilot with measurable impact on non-conformities and claims.

Results

• Keynote delivered to an audience of about 3,000 executives on the ILOS 2025 main stage.
• High engagement in the Q&A and networking sessions after the talk.
• Commercial pipeline generated with protein, agri and industrial shippers looking for traceability and AEO.
• New invitations to boards, industry committees and supply chain innovation programs.