1. IntroductionIn Brazil, the foreign trade has been not used as pro-active factor in development strategy because, historically, the negotiations between the different participants of the export chain have presented conflicts. It is observed that each link intend to minimize its individual costs, which normally does not converge to the global optimum of the supply chain. Therefore, companies are being obliged to re-analyze its procedures, to use reengineering techniques and redefine the relations and models of its supply chains in order to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and gain competitive advantage.To reduce such problems it has recently emerged the concept of Collaborative Transportation Management (CTM), in the new concept of collaborative logistics. It has been spread out from the year 2000 through Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) approach, and CTM has been defined by experts as a helpful tool to provide reductions in the costs of transactions and risks, enhance the performance of service and capacity, as well as the achievement of a more dynamic supply chain (Silva et al., 2009).As the exporter Brazilian companies are looking for higher competitiveness, they shall not act in an individual manner and start acting in a collaborative manner. Therefore, it is required a detailed sharing of data and information by the agents of the logistics chain, in order to compose a solid partnership. It is understood as agent each integrant of this chain, as in the maritime logistics chain: the producer company, road transportation, maritime transportation and the load to be transportated.After bibliographic studies and contacting entrepreneurs of this area, it is verified that there is restrict scientific work exploring this subject comprising manufactory industries, freight contractors and maritime transportation, in order to contribute with exportation. Therefore, this study, which is part of a Ph.D. thesis in development, intends to summarily present an overview of the Brazilian exportation and its operation of manufactured exportation chain using maritime model, the definition of the new CTM logistic term, its implementation mode in a maritime logistics chain, as well as to begin the application of the concept of autonomous agents to model and analyze this transportation problem.This is a bibliographic work and, regarding its nature, it can be considered qualitative, aiming at generating knowledge for further practical application in logistic problems. The article is composed by 6 items, including this introduction, distributed as follows: the second item presents a short overview of the Brazilian exportation, the third item contextualizes the CTM approach and the fourth item presents the use of the concept of Autonomous Agents applied to logistic problems. The fifth item presents the prototype model of resolution of the maritime transport logistic and the sixth item presents the final considerations, as well as suggestions for the continuity of this study.2. Exportation of manufactured productsThe Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) classifies the exportable items in manufactured products, basic products and semi-elaborated in function, generally, of the used resources, work intensity, scale intensity and science applied to manufacture. Manufactured product is that resulting from a standard serial production process, by machines, tools and labor, currently