JAN 2026 | ISSUE 25 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplift the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF Righthsip RISQ 3.2 Coming Up: We’re Ready! Guide2Inspections, our flagship approach designed to facilitate vessel preparations in Rightship, SIRE 2.0 or Port State Inspections, is now updated to Rightship’s latest inspection regime—RISQ 3.2. While RISQ 3.2 comes into force on 1st...
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DEC 2025 | ISSUE 24 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplift the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF Digital Solutions for Ship Inspection Ship inspections were not about checklists and binders—it was about behaviour. As SIRE 2.0 and modern inspection regimes raise the bar, traditional preparation methods are starting to fail. This blog explores how digital solutions, when...
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NOV 2025 | ISSUE 23 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplift the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF People Don’t Like To Read! What performance tools have we given our Masters and Chief Engineers? Ships are run by text —Checklists, Circulars, SMS, PMS, Manuals, Publications, emails, while our job at sea is highly application-focused. Seafarers misunderstand written content,...
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OCT 2025 | ISSUE 22 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplift the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF SIRE2.0 & RISQ3.1: Ten Conceptual Changes Inspections today are not just about ticking boxes — they are about understanding risks. The focus has shifted from hardware alone to understanding how people, systems, and processes collaborate on board. Inspectors now look at how the...
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SEP 2025 | ISSUE 21 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplift the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF The Power of Simplifying Instructions A vessel’s technical manager once said in frustration: “There are manuals, checklists and PMS procedures in place. We are still getting non-compliances and observations. What do we have to do to get people to follow them?” The answer lies in...
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JUL 2025 | ISSUE 19 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplift the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF Designing For The Young Generation A high-impact solution has many elements to it. One core element is Empathy. If we are trying to create solutions and systems for the present generation of seafarers, it is important to understand them and truly be non-judgmental and unbiased....
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MAY 2025 | ISSUE 17 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplift the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF Navguide Collaborates With I.Safe Mobiles In a bold stride toward revolutionising onboard safety and competence, Navguide Solutions, now a Singapore-based company, and a global pioneer in reimagining maritime learning, has announced a strategic collaboration with i.safe MOBILE, a...
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APR 2025 | ISSUE 16 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplift the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF Checklists: What They Are Not Checklists are not training tools. Period. Expecting checklist-compliance reflects the real condition of the vessel may lead to a series of boxes ticked without a genuine understanding. If proper mentorship and practical demonstrations does not...
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JUN 2024 | ISSUE 6 The Navguide News Your monthly update to the most innovative concepts that organically uplifts the performance standards in merchant vessels and leads to a safer maritime industry. Download the PDF Top 5 Observations From VDR Analysis VDR Analysis is a regular event on tankers. This article comes from Capt. Indraneel Chari, who has been handling our VDR wing and has conducted over 250 VDR Audits to date. A close observation brought out a few very interesting observations...
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