Safety Insights

This RightShip Insights series provides industry partners with key learnings from industry incidents, identified gaps and leading practices to improve standards and mitigate risk.

Safety insights - LOTO

12 March 2026

Maintenance and inspection work onboard vessels can expose personnel to serious hazards if machinery and equipment are not properly isolated. This Safety Insights paper highlights common gaps in Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) practices and provides guidance to help strengthen LOTO practices and support safer maintenance operations onboard. 

Safety insights - Toolbox talks

14 July 2025

While the term “Toolbox Talk” is widely recognised and understood across the maritime industry, its implementation as an essential risk control measure often falls short of best practice. This paper and supporting video provide insights from an actual incident and outlines best practices with respect to Toolbox Talk.

Safety insights - Mooring safety

7 May 2025

Mooring forms an integral part of critical shipboard operations. It can be viewed as routine or nonroutine depending on the type of mooring operations. Incidents related to mooring do not occur often. However, when they occur, they frequently result in a permanent disability or fatality.

Safety insights - Enclosed space entry

11 April 2025

Since 2019, RightShip assessed a selections of 611 incidents that resulted in fatalities. Of these, 35 happened in enclosed spaces resulting in 46 lives lost. These tragic incidents could have been avoided, if certain preventative or mitigating controls had been in place.