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Octo × Port management · research from October 28 and 31, 2026

From port law to the data of every port call.

Thirteen topics in port management, one question: what can be automated, and where can an AI team help? Each page shows what Octo can do, by which path, and what is confirmed by an official source: Brazilian federal law, the Ministry of Ports and Airports, ANTAQ, the Federal Revenue Service, Siscomex, the IMO, the Maritime Authority and Anvisa. Octo prepares the integration for those who already have access; the official systems are still operated by your team.

Octo at the center, connected to the thirteen topics An octopus at the center with eight arms. Seven each reach one topic: Port legal framework, Port planning, Porto sem Papel, Berthing and berth scheduling, FAL and the maritime single window, Cargo and customs, Indicators and open data. The eighth, environment, reaches six topics: Environment at the port, Ship waste and MARPOL, Licensing and dredging, Emissions and decarbonization, What the major ports publish, Ballast water. LEGAL FRAMEWORK PLANNING PSP · DUV BERTHING SINGLE WINDOW CARGO INDICATORS ENVIRONMENT · 6

One arm per topic; the environment arm leads to six pages

Topics13one page per stage of the work
Confirmed88points with a published source
Sources74references listed at the end of all 13 pages
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Octo at work in port management.

One task from request to approval, at a fictional company. The arms measure, plan and execute; whoever is in charge checks and approves. Each tab is one topic in this field and links to its page.

Octo · task #521 · Terminal Baía Serena (fictional company)

Topic pagePorto sem Papel →Indicators →Waste and MARPOL →

Simulation with a made-up company and names. Standards, versions and software mentioned come from the pages in this field, each with its own sources.
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One page per topic.

With the regulation and the official system for each topic, where Octo can help and what is confirmed by a published source.

Port legal framework

The port authority, customs, OGMO, the granting authority and ANTAQ under Law 12.815/2013 and Decree 8.033/2013, and the structure of the ISPS Code.

Law 12.815/20133 published sources
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Port planning

Integrated Transportation Planning, Master Plan, PDZ and PGO: who prepares them, who approves them and how the PDZ defines areas not dedicated to operations.

PDZ3 published sources
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Porto sem Papel

The Documento Único Virtual (DUV), the port call flow, the query and update services, authentication and PSP's automated document review.

DUV and APIs3 published sources
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Berthing and berth scheduling

The port authority's responsibilities, the Berthing Notice, registered berthing locations and DUV arrivals and departures in the PSP.

Law and PSP3 published sources
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FAL and the maritime single window

The FAL Convention, the single window mandatory since 2024, the FAL.5/Circ.42/Rev.4 guidelines, FAL 50 and the IMO Compendium.

IMO3 published sources
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Cargo and customs

Customs inspection under the law, the Portal Único REST API, CCT Importação for waterway transport, Siscomex Carga and the access limits.

Portal Único5 published sources
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Indicators and open data

ANTAQ's Estatístico Aquaviário and open data, the data source in the SDP and the Porto sem Papel BI dashboards.

ANTAQ4 published sources
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Environment at the port

ANTAQ's IDA under Resolution 123/2024, its indicators and the AHP method, the terminals' PGRS under Law 12.305/2010 and ship waste reception at the IMO.

IDA6 published sources
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Ship waste and MARPOL

ANTAQ Resolution 99/2023, as amended by 130/2025, the CRRE and the 60-month record, Law 9.966/2000 and the MARPOL annexes.

ANTAQ Res. 99/202312 published sources
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Licensing and dredging

Law 9.966/2000, Complementary Law 140/2011, the General Licensing Law and CONAMA Resolution 454/2012 on dredged material.

CONAMA 454/20126 published sources
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Emissions and decarbonization

The 2023 IMO strategy, MARPOL Annex VI, ANTAQ's inventory, MPor's assessment and shore power in ports.

IMO 20239 published sources
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What the major ports publish

Reports from Santos, Suape, Paraná and Rio to MPor, the IDA ranking and the plans of Rotterdam, Antwerp-Bruges, Hamburg and Singapore.

Public references10 published sources
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Ballast water

NORMAM-401 in force and NORMAM-20 still cited in practice, the convention, the IMO guidelines and who enforces them: the Navy and the port, with Anvisa's health control.

NORMAM-4017 published sources
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What Octo does and what stays with you.

Octo prepares everything, but does not sign. The document of record stays with whoever is accountable for it.

Octo prepares

Gathers, calculates, organizes and produces the documents: spreadsheets, reports, dashboards and drafts.

Deliverable: material ready for review

Your team reviews

The licensed professional reviews what Octo delivered before signing. If something doesn't add up, it goes back to Octo with the correction.

Step: review by whoever signs

Who signs

Octo does not sign. Designs, technical reports, ART/RRT, accountability reports and any official document are still signed by the licensed professional at the company or agency: here, the professional of record and the port authority.

Signature: professional of record and port authority

Which stage is holding back your port operation?

The assessment starts by reading what you already have, without changing anything. You get a map of what can be automated and decide with it in hand.