【RightShip】 Inspection notes in recent 5 months

RightShip posted ’Global Inspection activity map - January 2023’ on their website. In this article, there are some special notes on RightShip Inspection, some of which are introduced below. and there were some 

After 30 September 2022, new version of RISQ(RightShip Inspection Ship Questionnaire) has been fully active for all inspection.

• The recent relaxation of restrictions and quarantine in China has made an immediate impact on the Inspections demographic for the month of January.
• Throughout the month we have seen repeated requests for renewal inspections at the very end of current inspection validity, some of which have been unable to be accommodated leaving the vessel without a valid Inspection and a drop in safety Score to 2/5. Owners/Managers are strongly encouraged to start planning at least 2 months in advance of existing inspection expiry and explore all options with the dry inspections team if required. 
• Alongside at Discharge ports remains the preference for Inspector attendance. Other vessel status will be considered including post dry-dock/layby, anchorages, and load ports on their merits. RightShip do not attend vessels at Load ports in the Australian Pilbara loading Iron Ore or vessels at exposed roadsteads/anchorages where inspector boarding is deemed to present an unacceptable risk.
• Some preliminary statistics on the implementation of the RightShip Inspection after 30 September 2022 as below
  -　over 930 Inspections have been conducted
  -　The average duration of an Inspection was 14.6 hours
  -　The average number of Non-conformities per Inspection was 22.6
  -　More than half of the Inspections were conducted at discharge ports
  -　The most frequent Non-conformity relates to the requirement for the Master/Chief Officer to have undertaken formal type specific training in the Inspection and Maintenance of hatch Covers

Note by Editor：
We think the above Non-conformity is based on RISQ9.2 as below. Because RISQ 9.2 is RightShip recommendation but NOT regulation/convention requirement, it depends on owners/management company's decision how to deal with this questionnaire.

Our research indicates that some manufacturers of Hatch Covers do not provide such training for seafarers. Alternative measures could be to include a section on Hatch Covers in maintenance shore-based training for officers and have them keep a record of the training, or to have seafarers take on-line training on Hatch Covers.
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Please refer below link

https://rightship.com/insights/global-inspections-activity-map-january-2023