Inspection Intelligence
What inspectors are finding, and what a good answer looks like
Vetting and inspection regimes decide which ships trade and on what terms. We track the recurring findings and focus areas that matter to owners and technical managers — SIRE 2.0, RightShip, Port State Control, CDI — with the same discipline we apply everywhere: every pattern is drawn from public sources and cited, aggregated at fleet level with no vessel named, and written by people who have stood in the engine room during the inspection.
Inspection regimes
SIRE 2.0 inspections
OCIMF’s digitalised, risk-based tanker inspection regime — live since September 2024.
3 articles →RightShip and RISQ inspections
The dry bulk inspection regime — RISQ question set and the revised inspection age trigger.
Coverage in progressPort State Control
Paris MoU, Tokyo MoU and USCG inspections — deficiencies, detentions and campaigns.
9 articles →CDI inspections
The Chemical Distribution Institute regime for chemical and gas carriers.
Coverage in progressTMSA
OCIMF’s Tanker Management and Self Assessment — the office-side companion to SIRE.
Coverage in progressFlag and class surveys
Statutory and class surveys — the audit layer beneath every commercial inspection.
2 articles →Free report
SIRE 2.0 Observation Response Pack
The response template — root cause, corrective and preventive action, objective evidence — with four worked engine-room examples and what an inspector asks to see.
Free tool
RightShip age trigger checker
Enter a delivery date and see when each phase of the revised inspection age trigger catches the vessel. Runs in your browser — the date is never sent anywhere.
Free tool
PSC deficiency checklist generator
Pick a ship type and get a Port State Control preparation checklist organised by the official Paris MoU deficiency-code categories. Runs in your browser. See all tools →
Latest inspection coverage
GMDSS nedir? Deniz alanları, zorunlu donanım ve operatörün gerçek yükümlülüğü
GMDSS bir cihaz değil, geminin seyrettiği deniz alanına göre değişen bir yükümlülükler seti. A1–A4 alanları, her alanda zorunlu olan donanım, GMDSS radyo kayıtları ve PSC denetiminde en sık tutulma sebepleri.
SIRE 2.0 CBT: what computer-based training can and cannot do before a vetting inspection
OCIMF does not require crew to hold a SIRE 2.0 computer-based training certificate, and no inspector will ask for one. What the inspection actually measures, what OCIMF already gives you at no cost, and the questions to ask before buying a CBT package.
Bunker survey guide: how a chief engineer verifies the fuel actually delivered
A working guide to the bunker quantity survey, from a chief engineer who has stood on the barge: initial gauging, the cappuccino effect, trim and temperature corrections, MARPOL sampling and what to do when the figures do not agree.
The engine room detains the ship: what 52,000 port state control inspections in 2025 reveal
We read the 2025 annual reports of the Tokyo and Paris MoUs — 52,020 inspections, 141,965 deficiencies, 1,943 detentions. The pattern in the detainable-deficiency data points below deck: most of the failures that stop a ship live in the engine room or come straight out of the maintenance book.
Gemiyi makine dairesi tutuklatır: 2025'in 52.000 PSC denetimi ne söylüyor?
Tokyo ve Paris MoU'nun 2025 yıllık raporlarını satır satır okuduk — 52.020 denetim, 141.965 eksiklik, 1.943 tutulma. Tutulmalık eksiklik verisinin işaret ettiği yer güverte altı: gemiyi durduran arızaların çoğu makine dairesinde yaşıyor ya da doğrudan bakım defterinden çıkıyor. General cargo işleten için tablo daha da net.
Paris MoU detention rate reaches 4.18% — but the longer view complicates the story
The Paris MoU's 2025 annual report puts the detention rate at 4.18%, above 2024's 4.03%. It also records 4.25% for 2022, which makes the recent climb a return to an earlier level rather than a new peak.
Paris MoU tutulma oranı yüzde 4,18'e çıktı — ama uzun vade tabloyu değiştiriyor
Paris MoU'nun 2025 yıllık raporu tutulma oranını yüzde 4,18 olarak veriyor; 2024'te yüzde 4,03'tü. Aynı rapor 2022 için yüzde 4,25 kaydediyor — yani son yükseliş yeni bir zirve değil, eski seviyeye dönüş.
RightShip's age threshold drops to 11 years — and its own PSC data explains why
From 1 July 2026 a RightShip inspection is expected on dry bulk and general cargo ships aged 11 and over. The final step is the one to watch: RightShip's own publications state it two different ways, and its 2025 PSC analysis shows where the risk it is chasing actually sits.
RightShip'in yaş eşiği 11'e indi — gerekçeyi kendi PSC verisi anlatıyor
1 Temmuz 2026'dan itibaren 11 yaş ve üstü dökme kuru ile genel kargo gemilerinde RightShip denetimi bekleniyor. Asıl dikkat edilecek yer son kademe: RightShip kendi yayınlarında bunu iki farklı şekilde veriyor. 2025 PSC analizi ise kovaladığı riskin nerede durduğunu gösteriyor.
Inspection regime dates
- 2 Sep 2024
SIRE 2.0 goes live
OCIMF’s digitalised, risk-based tanker inspection regime replaces the legacy SIRE programme.
- 1 Apr 2026
RightShip age trigger steps to 12 years
Phase 2 of the revised trigger. A vessel without a valid RightShip inspection at the relevant age has its Safety Score downgraded.
- 1 Jul 2026
RightShip age trigger steps to 11 years
Phase 3. The threshold is being reduced from 14 years to 10 across four phases — this is the third.
- Late 2026 / early 2027
RightShip age trigger: final phase
The last step down is announced but its date and threshold are stated differently in two RightShip publications — 10 years across an October 2026 to January 2027 window in the phased-timeline release, 10.5 years from 20 January 2027 in the owner guidance. Confirm with RightShip before planning against either.
Sources: OCIMF — SIRE programme; RightShip — revised timeline press release and what it means for owners, managers and charterers. These two RightShip pages state the final phase differently; we have shown both rather than picking one. Dates as announced by the scheme owners — check the source before planning against them.
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