Octo for ship waste
ANTAQ Resolution 99/2023, as amended by 130/2025, regulates the removal of waste from vessels at public ports and authorized facilities: the controlling authority licenses the service providers, handles the Vessel Waste Removal Certificate (CRRE) and keeps the record of removals. Law 9.966/2000 requires the means to receive and treat waste, and MARPOL, which Brazil enforces by decree, says what a ship may or may not discharge. Octo can help your team keep that record complete and checked.
Four possible deliverables. Classifying the waste and signing the certificate remain with your team.
Can keep every removal in a single database: date, ship, waste type, volume, provider that removed it, destination and the CRRE, for the retention period the resolution requires.
Deliverable: record of removals with the certificate for eachCan check what the ship declared against what was actually removed and flag the difference for the team to review.
Deliverable: list of discrepancies for reviewCan maintain the register of providers licensed by the controlling authority, with each license's expiration, and gather the data the team reports to ANTAQ.
Deliverable: register with expiration alertsCan calculate indicators the team already uses, such as the disposal diversion index reported by one port authority, with the source number alongside.
Deliverable: dashboard with the evidence for each numberThe same Octo cycle, applied to this topic. Each arm has a narrow role; the people who approve and sign are on your team.
How removal is requested, who removes it, where the certificate is kept and what already goes to ANTAQ.
Each removal with ship, type, volume, provider, destination and certificate. Without this, the 60-month retention turns into a loose folder.
Manifests and certificates belong to the company. Octo works only in the environment the team approves.
Spreadsheet, database or dashboard, matching how the team already works.
Removals, providers, expiration dates and the check between declared and removed.
The professional of record reviews the database before it counts.
The database goes wherever the team says, only with your approval.
Which text of the resolution and of the IMO guidance was used, and when.
Octo does not classify waste, license providers or sign certificates. That stays with the professional of record and the controlling authority.
What the law, the ANTAQ resolution and MARPOL require regarding ship waste. The official text remains the reference.
| Requirement | Basis | What it requires |
|---|---|---|
| Means to receive and treat waste | Law 9.966/2000, art. 5 | Organized ports and port facilities have adequate facilities or means to receive and treat waste and fight pollution |
| Discharge at sea | Law 9.966/2000, art. 17 | Discharge of oil, oily mixtures and garbage is prohibited, except in situations permitted by MARPOL 73/78 |
| Removal of waste from vessels | ANTAQ Res. 99/2023, as amended by 130/2025 | Provider licensing, the CRRE and the annual reception report to ANTAQ |
| Record retention | ANTAQ Res. 99/2023, art. 16 | Record of removals for the last 60 months |
| Collection on board | ANTAQ Res. 99/2023, art. 20 | Only after free pratique is granted by the health authority |
| Solid waste in ports | Anvisa, RDC 661/2022 | Good sanitary practices in solid waste management at ports |
| Reception facilities worldwide | IMO, PRFD in GISIS | In Brazil, ANTAQ gathers and updates the data |
Three steps. Each one only makes sense once the previous one has shown results on your team.
A proposal, not a promise
Octo brings the removals and certificates the team already has into a single database.
Declared and removed are now checked at every port call.
The numbers the team reports come from the database itself.
Each point below has a source published by the agency responsible for the standard or the system, or by the IMO. The sources are in the next section.
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points with a published source, each with its reference alongside.
Octo prepares everything, but does not sign. The document of record stays with whoever is accountable for it.
Gathers, calculates, organizes and produces the documents: spreadsheets, reports, dashboards and drafts.
Deliverable: material ready for reviewThe 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 signsOcto 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 authorityDiário Oficial da União, ANTAQ pages on waste and conventions, federal legislation on the Planalto website, IMO pages and port authority reports to the Ministry of Ports and Airports. Accessed October 31, 2026.
The assessment starts with the removal records your team already has, without changing anything. You get a proposal for what can be organized and decide with it in hand.
