5 guides

RightShip guides

The Safety Score, the RISQ questionnaire and the inspection triggers that decide whether a dry bulk vessel gets the next fixture.

A bulk carrier waiting at anchor in flat grey water as a small tug approaches.

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RightShip · 31 July 2026 · 7 min read

RightShip reassessment and inspection validity explained

The procedural route back from a dropped Safety Score: validity periods, the close-out evidence RightShip expects, and how to request a reassessment.

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The weathered bow of an older bulk carrier at anchor, rust streaks running down the faded hull.

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RightShip · 31 July 2026 · 7 min read

RightShip's inspection age trigger: what changed and who it affects

The phased drop of RightShip's inspection age threshold from 14 to 10 years: which vessels are caught now, what happens to the Safety Score, and how to plan.

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RightShip · 31 July 2026 · 7 min read

RISQ 3.2 chapter by chapter: what RightShip inspectors check

The RISQ 3.2 questionnaire section by section: what the inspector verifies in each, which chapters draw the most findings, and the documents to have ready.

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A dry bulk carrier loading under two gantry loaders, ore dust in the air, seen from the quay.

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RightShip · 31 July 2026 · 7 min read

The RightShip Safety Score explained

What feeds the RightShip Safety Score, how long detentions and deficiencies weigh on it, and why no tool changes the number, only the record behind it.

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A surveyor sweeping a flashlight across the steel frames of an empty dry bulk cargo hold, daylight falling through the open hatch.

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RightShip · 19 June 2026 · 3 min read

How to prepare for a RightShip RISQ inspection

Why RightShip inspects ageing tonnage more readily, what the RISQ verifies beyond the certificate, and how to keep a dry bulk vessel inspection-ready between fixtures.

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Beyond the reading.

These guides explain the regime. Fleetward is how a fleet gets ready for it: the crew documents the pre-inspection on mobile, and the office sees the gaps before the inspector does.

How Fleetward keeps a bulker RISQ-ready