Heavy-lift risk assessment
Applicability: Specialised ships transporting non-standardised heavy cargo: project cargo, open-deck cargo, dock and semi-submersible ships. RISQ 8F expressly excludes general cargo ships transporting heavy lifts.
What is being checked
Each lifting stage has a formal assessment and contingencies.
Ready on board
0 / 4 checkedCheck the vessel’s actual procedures, equipment and records against these points from RISQ 3.2.
Practice questions
Preparation prompts derived from this entry, not an official inspector interview script.
1Can a task start with a residual rating above medium and avoid the stated finding?
No. The source explicitly directs a finding in that circumstance.
Where a finding may arise
Explicit RISQ trigger: a task starts when residual risk remains above medium after all control measures.
Past observations for practice
Anonymised reports, manually reviewed before publication. These are reported experiences, not additional inspection requirements.
No reviewed observations have been added for this entry.
Share an observation for private review
Remove vessel, company and inspector names, report numbers, exact dates and confidential information. Do not paste a complete inspection report.
Source clarification
The excerpt does not define numerical risk-matrix bands. A rating at or below medium is not by itself permission to proceed without the other controls.
References and source status
RightShip Inspection Ship Questionnaire, November 2025, version 3.2. Section 8F, page 166, reference 8.2.
The explanation, checklist and practice answer derive from the supplied questionnaire. Reported observations are separately contributed and manually reviewed; they are not official RISQ guidance.
Independent DeepDraft preparation guide, based on the supplied RISQ 3.2 questionnaire. Not an official RightShip product or inspection report.