RightShip RISQ 3.2 Preparation Guide

What is being checked

Vehicle stowage and precautions match the cargo’s actual hazards.

Ready on board

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Check the vessel’s actual procedures, equipment and records against these points from RISQ 3.2.

Have competent pre-acceptance external checks, including second-hand vehicles carried inside/on others.Secure under the approved CSM and monitor lashings; prevent movement/contact that could damage fuel or electrical systems.Prefer fore-and-aft alignment and keep walkways, firefighting equipment, scuppers and fitted water curtains unobstructed.Display appropriate dangerous-goods marks and show hazardous-unit locations on the stowage plan.Identify fuel/energy type from booking/check-in information; clearly identify BEVs and brief crew on their locations.Use actual masses in deck-load/stability checks, and assess designated stowage, drainage, access for breathing-apparatus teams and separation from dangerous goods/muster points.Address suspected damaged/defective batteries and fuel/gas leakage under applicable acceptance arrangements; the source’s damaged-battery condition must be resolved before acceptance.Train crew on electric-shock, toxic/flammable gas, jet-flame, thermal-runaway and re-ignition hazards.Assess thermal/flame-detection coverage and patrol awareness of abnormal heat, vapour, sounds or leakage; conduct relevant drills and initial-response training.Address any proposed charging through the applicable approved arrangements and risk controls.

Practice questions

Preparation prompts derived from this entry, not an official inspector interview script.

1Can the quoted 60–70°C example be adopted as a universal safe/unsafe battery limit?

No. It is not a validated alarm setting for every battery or camera. Likewise the 25% weight example does not replace actual vehicle mass.

Where a finding may arise

Missing evidence, unsafe arrangements or gaps in familiarity against these checks may prevent a satisfactory answer. These are derived preparation concerns, not additional explicit finding criteria or reported past observations.

Past observations for practice

Anonymised reports, manually reviewed before publication. These are reported experiences, not additional inspection requirements.

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Source clarification

Weather-deck/designated-area placement and thermal equipment are recommendations qualified by practicability. The charging paragraph specifically refers to Ro-Ro passenger ships. The source’s battery-removal condition is not an instruction for crew to handle high-voltage batteries; this is not an acceptance or firefighting procedure.

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