# Maritime Risk Assessment Software > Stop chasing risk assessments across spreadsheets, mailboxes, and paper binders. NOZZLE RISQ brings every hazard, every control measure, and every approval into one fleet-wide system — built for HSEQ managers and DPAs who carry the weight of safety performance on their shoulders. One platform. Every vessel. Audit-ready in seconds. Source: https://nozzlesoft.com/solutions/maritime-risk-assessment-software/ Last updated: 2026-10-04 Language: en See NOZZLE RISQ in action across your fleet — book a personalised walkthrough today. ## Key features - Ready-Made Templates - Smart Risk Matrix - Clear Accountability - Fleet-Wide Visibility - Approval Workflow - Audit-Ready Records ## Capabilities ### Risk Assessment That Actually Works at Sea _Why NOZZLE RISQ_ Every HSEQ manager knows the feeling. A PSC inspector boards. The auditor asks for the risk assessment behind a job that happened three months ago, on a vessel halfway across the world. The clock starts ticking. With NOZZLE RISQ, you find it in seconds — not days. RISQ is the dedicated risk assessment module inside the [HSEQ suite](/solutions/ship-health-safety-environment-quality/) of the NOZZLE platform. It replaces scattered forms, version chaos, and email approval chains with one clean workflow that ship and shore both trust. The result: faster decisions, stronger compliance, fewer incidents, and a Safety Management System that finally lives up to its name. ### A Library of Risk Assessments — Always Up to Date _Pre-Built, Fleet-Ready Templates_ Stop reinventing the wheel for every job. RISQ comes with a structured library of risk assessment templates covering the operations your crews perform every day — engine room work, navigation, mooring, cargo operations, dry dock, and more. Build once. Roll out to the whole fleet — or just the vessels that need it. Update centrally. Track every revision. Sleep well. **Why HSEQ teams love it:** * No more chasing the “latest version” by email. * One source of truth, shared across every ship in your fleet. * Tailor templates to your SMS, your vessel types, and your operations. * Every change is tracked, versioned, and ready for the auditor. ### A Smart Risk Matrix — Same Language, Every Vessel _Consistent Risk Scoring_ How risky is risky? Ask five officers and you’ll get five answers — unless everyone is working from the same matrix. RISQ scores every risk on a clear, consistent matrix that looks at the four things that actually matter to a shipping company: **your people, the environment, your assets, and your reputation**. Initial risk and residual risk are calculated automatically, so the office sees exactly what the crew sees. No more guesswork. No more arguments. Just one fleet-wide standard for what counts as low, medium, and high risk — and clear guidance on what to do about each one. ### Every Control Measure Has a Name on It _Real Ownership, Real Accountability_ “Everyone’s responsible” is the same as “no-one’s responsible.” Auditors know it. PSC officers know it. Your DPA definitely knows it. RISQ assigns every control measure to a specific crew role — Master, Chief Engineer, Safety Officer, Bosun — and carries that assignment through to the work order, the toolbox talk, and the post-job review. The crew knows exactly what they have to do. The office knows exactly who is doing it. When something goes well — or doesn’t — you can see why. ### One View. Every Vessel. Every Risk. _Fleet-Wide Visibility_ Imagine logging in on a Monday morning and seeing every high-risk job planned across your fleet for the week ahead — at a glance. RISQ gives HSEQ managers and DPAs the fleet-wide oversight they’ve always needed. Search by vessel, category, work type, date, or risk level. Spot patterns. Find that one record in seconds. Step into any assessment for the full story. Suddenly, you’re not managing risk in the dark. ### Vessels Have a Voice. Your SMS Gets Smarter. _Continuous Improvement, Built In_ The best risk assessments come from the people doing the work. RISQ makes it easy for crews to suggest improvements — a missing hazard, a better control measure, a new template for a job that didn’t fit any of the existing ones. The office reviews. Approves. Rolls the update out to the whole fleet. It’s continuous improvement that actually works — and it makes your ISM Code Management Review the easiest meeting of the year. ### Risk Assessment, Where the Work Happens _Wired Into Every Workflow_ A risk assessment is only useful if the crew sees it at the right moment. RISQ is plugged straight into the rest of NOZZLE — so it shows up exactly when and where it’s needed. * Attached to the [Planned Maintenance System](/solutions/pms-planned-maintenance-system/), so the right risk assessment opens with every work order. * Aligned with [ISM Document Management](/solutions/ism-document-management-software/), so approvals and revisions follow your SMS rules. * Built into Management of Change, so every modification is properly assessed before it happens. * Connected to Incidents and Near Misses, so lessons learned flow back into the templates. * Linked into daily [Vessel Operations](/solutions/vessel-operation-management-software/), so the crew always works from the latest, approved assessment. Risk doesn’t live in a folder. It lives in the workflow. ### Audit-Ready, Inspection-Proof _ISM, TMSA, SIRE 2.0 — Covered_ Inspections don’t announce themselves politely. RISQ keeps you ready anyway. Whether it’s a Port State Control officer at the gangway, a SIRE 2.0 inspector with a tablet, a TMSA reviewer in the boardroom, or your own internal auditor on a fleet visit — every risk assessment, every revision, every approval is there. Clean. Time-stamped. Printable. Traceable. **Built around the regimes that matter:** * **ISM Code** — risk-based decision making, fully documented. * **TMSA Element 9** — measurable safety management performance. * **SIRE 2.0** — the digital, risk-based trail OCIMF inspectors expect. (See also our [SIRE 2.0 Inspection Software](/maritime-needs/sire-2-0-inspection-software/) and our piece on [navigating SIRE 2.0 in 2026](/posts/navigating-sire-2-0-in-2026-empowering-the-human-element-with-digital-ecosystems/).) * **ISO 45001 & ISO 14001** — health, safety, and environmental management, mapped to the way you already work. For a wider view of how NOZZLE supports compliance, see our [guide to ISM software solutions](/posts/decoding-ism-in-ship-management-with-powerful-ism-software-solutions/). ### Built for the People Who Carry the Weight _Designed for HSEQ Managers & DPAs_ You don’t need another tool. You need *the* tool — the one that gives you confidence on inspection day, peace of mind on incident day, and time back on every other day. **NOZZLE RISQ gives you:** * Faster, more consistent risk assessments across your fleet. * Stronger PSC, SIRE, and class society outcomes. * Less admin for the office. Less paperwork for the crew. * A defensible audit trail your DPA can actually defend. * A Safety Management System that genuinely gets better, voyage after voyage. Ready to see it in action? **[Request a personalised demo](/request-demo/)** and we’ll walk you through RISQ with your fleet in mind — no slides, no jargon, just the answers you need. --- NOZZLE — Ship Management Software · https://nozzlesoft.com/ · info@nozzlesoft.com · Request a demo: https://nozzlesoft.com/request-demo/