i4sea Wins 2nd Place at Cais Açu Lab Award 2026

i4sea was recognized in the 3rd edition of the Cais Açu Lab Award, promoted by Porto do Açu, achieving 2nd place in the Process Improvement category. The award recognizes the performance of i4cast®, i4sea's proprietary climate intelligence platform, in enhancing operational risk management, combining technological innovation, safety, and logistical efficiency across the port complex.

A milestone in i4sea's innovation journey

The recognition at the 2026 Cais Açu Lab Award represents more than a corporate achievement: it reflects i4sea's ongoing commitment to turning climate risk management into a strategic advantage for the national port sector.

The award, promoted by Porto do Açu, one of Brazil's largest and most relevant port-industrial complexes, aims to highlight initiatives that generate measurable impact, applied innovation, and progress on sustainability and efficiency issues within the local ecosystem.

The achievement of 2nd place in the Process Improvement category celebrates our team's daily dedication to deeply understanding our partners' challenges, turning meteoceanographic data into decision support intelligence.

Digital transformation and operational governance at Porto do Açu

The partnership between i4sea and Porto do Açu enabled the implementation of i4cast®, i4sea's proprietary climate intelligence platform. i4cast® integrates meteorological and oceanographic data, real-time measurements, high-resolution models, and machine learning to answer a central question that ordinary weather forecasting does not: what do these conditions mean for my operation?

Instead of delivering generic data, i4cast® generates output through dashboards built on the client's own team decision-making logic and triggers automatic alerts configured by operational risk event, rather than by generic weather condition.

The pillars of the project recognized by the technical judging panel:

Intelligence applied to operations: customization of dashboards for Porto do Açu's T1 and T2 terminals, based on operational limits and the specific decision-making logic of each infrastructure.
Risk event alerts and nowcasting: monitoring of immediate-severity phenomena with radar image integration, issuing automatic, contextualized alerts up to 1 hour in advance.
Automated accuracy tracking: continuous analysis and display of RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) to validate the precision of wind, wave, and current forecasts, ensuring transparent data governance for operators.
Alignment with ESG guidelines: optimization of maneuvering windows and reduction of downtime, contributing to shorter vessel engine-on time and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Commitment to excellence and sector sustainability

The process improvement driven by i4cast® demonstrated that climate intelligence oriented toward operational decision-making is an essential pillar for the resilience and competitiveness of modern port infrastructure. Critical events, such as the anticipation of severe storms and guidance during highly complex operations, prove that the technology saves lives, protects assets, and reduces costs related to demurrage and unnecessary shutdowns.

We extend our thanks to the evaluation committee of the Cais Açu Lab Award, to the Porto do Açu team for trusting our technology, and to all i4sea employees who made this achievement possible.

About i4sea

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i4sea is a climate intelligence platform that helps companies with assets and operations impacted by weather conditions reduce risks and increase operational efficiency. Founded in 2015, in Salvador, by oceanographers, the company specializes in climate intelligence, with software capable of diagnosing climate impacts at the meter level, enabling customized and specific risk anticipation, from the short to the long term.

By connecting cutting-edge science and artificial intelligence to the concrete adaptation and operational needs of companies such as Capstone, Santos Brasil, Porto do Açu, Grupo EPR, and Vattenfall, i4sea turns hyperlocal climate data into decisions, supporting clients in sectors such as ports, energy, engineering, and infrastructure, with operations in countries including Brazil, Chile, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Our purpose is to support people and organizations in adapting to climate change, contributing to loss reduction, safeguarding lives, and planning with a focus on climate resilience.