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THE GROUP

Three entities. One way of working.

Contract with the entity that fits your jurisdiction and your project — the team, the method and the standards are the same.

WHO WE ARE

A business management consultancy born in the Brazilian offshore.

GRICCO began operating in January 2024, in Macaé, the capital of Brazil's oil and gas industry. In its third month it took on its first major test: preparing a foreign flotel and its crew — neither had ever operated in Brazil — to work in Brazilian waters.

That project became our method. Today the group serves international operators, shipowners and ship managers who need two things: to be ready for Brazil, and to have management systems that pass audits because they work.

THE ENTITIES

Who does what.

Each entity has a role. Together they cover the full path from the shipyard or the head office to the operation in Brazil.

UNITED STATES · GROUP PARENT

GRICCO International

Management systems and HSE.

  • Parent company of the group and international contracting entity for management-system projects.
  • Implementation, maintenance and audit of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001.
  • ISM, ISPS and MLC 2006: DoC, SMC, ISSC and Maritime Labour Certificate readiness.
  • HSE programmes and audits for offshore companies and fleets.
UNITED STATES · BRAZIL READINESS

EKJ, LLC

Preparing vessels and companies for the Brazilian market.

  • International contracting entity for vessel-readiness projects — contracts signed under US law.
  • Regulatory gap analysis, documentation and clearance to operate in Brazilian jurisdictional waters.
  • Helideck, cargo-handling equipment, clean hull and crew preparation before arrival.
  • Mobilisation of professionals wherever the vessel is — shipyard, conversion or transit.
BRAZIL · OPERATION

GRICCO Soluções Integradas Ltda.

The local operation.

  • Based in Macaé/RJ, with field teams and an in-house technical and legal back-office.
  • Interface with the Brazilian Navy (DPC), ANP, IBAMA, ANVISA and the Ministry of Labour.
  • Full service portfolio for Brazil — assisted health and safety, OHS programmes, maritime support, environment and ESG.
  • Serves the Brazilian market under GRICCO Soluções Integradas Ltda.
HOW WE THINK

Intelligent Simplicity.

Safety and management systems fail when they grow so large they stop working. We do the opposite.

  • Critical judgment before any procedure

    We study what the standard requires, analyse what already exists in the operation and ask whether it genuinely applies to that reality.

  • Integrate, don't duplicate

    When the company already has something that covers the requirement, we adjust it. When it can be integrated into what exists, we integrate it.

  • The system lives in the routine

    A management system only creates value when leadership owns it and the teams use it. We build it with them, not for them.

  • Project management, not advice

    We don't hand back a list of findings. We drive the project inside the operation until the result exists.

PRINCIPLES

Eleven principles that are not up for negotiation.

Technical independence, intelligent simplicity, ownership of results, transparency with responsibility — the full list, with our values and public commitments, is on the governance page.

  • Technical independence and integrity

    Our recommendations rest on facts, data and the most rigorous technical judgment — even when the truth takes courage to tell.

  • Intelligent simplicity

    We reject blind bureaucracy and distil regulatory complexity into clear, direct, actionable solutions.

  • Excellence as the standard

    We take full authorship of our projects, from start to finish, so the result generates real, measurable value.

  • Transparency with responsibility

    Open, honest and direct communication — always respecting the confidentiality of client information.

LET'S TALK

Not sure which entity you should contract with?

Tell us about the project. We will propose the structure that is simplest for you — in Brazil, in the United States, or both.