Octo and the legal framework for ports
Law 12.815/2013 and Decree 8.033/2013 set out who does what in the organized port: port authority, customs offices, OGMO, the granting authority and ANTAQ. The IMO's ISPS Code structures the security of port facilities. Octo can help your team link each routine to the provision that supports it, without taking the place of the legal department or of whoever is responsible for security.
Four possible deliverables. Octo organizes the information; the legal reading is your team's.
Can build, from the law and the decree, the table of who does what in your routine: what falls to the port authority, the customs offices, the OGMO, the granting authority and ANTAQ, with the provision for each row.
Deliverable: map of powers with the provision citedCan link each internal procedure to the clause that supports it, such as authorizing entry, departure, berthing, unberthing, anchoring and traffic (art. 17, § 1, VIII), for the team to check.
Deliverable: list of procedures with the legal basisFor whoever maintains the port worker registry, a duty of the OGMO under art. 32, II, can organize the checking of records, with the rule for each field noted.
Deliverable: checklist with the rule for each fieldCan organize the document structure the ISPS Code calls for (security assessment, port facility plan, PFSO designation) as an index of documents and responsible parties. The content of the security plans stays with whoever is responsible for them and does not go through Octo.
Deliverable: index of documents and responsible parties, without the content of the plansThe same Octo cycle, applied to this topic. Each arm has a narrow role; the people who approve and sign are on your team.
Whether your company is a port authority, lessee, operator or another party, and which routines the law covers.
Each internal procedure gets the article and clause that support it. Without that link, no one knows what changes when the rule changes.
Security plans are not part of the work. Octo deals only with the structure and the responsible parties, in the environment the team approves.
Spreadsheet, database or internal page, however the team already works.
Table of powers with the provision and the link to the official text.
The legal department reviews each row before the map takes effect.
The map goes wherever the team says, only with your approval.
Which text of the law and the decree was used and on what date it was accessed.
Octo does not interpret the law for your company. The legal reading belongs to your legal department, and the security of the facility to whoever the ISPS Code designates.
What the law, the decree and the ISPS Code assign to each party. The official text remains the reference.
| Role | Provision | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Port authority | Law 12.815/2013, art. 17, § 1, VI, VIII and XV | Oversees operations; authorizes entry, departure, berthing, unberthing, anchoring and traffic; organizes the port guard |
| Customs offices | Law 12.815/2013, art. 24, II | Oversee the entry, stay, movement and exit of people, vehicles, cargo units and goods |
| OGMO | Law 12.815/2013, art. 32, II | Port worker registry and casual worker record |
| Granting authority | Decree 8.033/2013, art. 2, I and II | Regulates the PDZs and prepares the general concession plan |
| ANTAQ | Decree 8.033/2013, art. 3, III | Arbitrates unresolved disputes over contracts between the port administration and the lessee |
| Port facility (security) | ISPS Code, SOLAS XI-2 | Security assessment, facility plan and PFSO |
Three steps. Each one only makes sense once the previous one has shown results on your team.
A proposal, not a promise
You point out the routines and Octo builds the map with the provision for each one.
Internal procedures now cite the provision that supports them.
Changes to the official text are now flagged to the team.
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 authorityFederal legislation published on Planalto and the IMO page on the ISPS Code. Accessed October 28, 2026.
The assessment starts with the routines your team already has, without changing anything. You get a proposal for what can be organized and decide with it in hand.
