Ship Building Supervision
The newbuild leaves the yard exactly as the contract promised.
Risk Design International supervises ship construction, conversion and recycling on behalf of owners — resident site teams, marine warranty surveying and technical governance from contract signature to delivery.
- 20+
- Years of newbuilding experience
- 3
- Continents of yard coverage
- 100%
- Independent of shipyards
Who we are
A newbuilding contract is only as strong as the supervision behind it. We put experienced marine engineers and naval architects inside the shipyard, where quality, schedule and cost are actually decided.
Risk Design International Ltd. is an independent technical consultancy based in Varna, Bulgaria, working for owners, investors, underwriters and operators worldwide. Our scope spans shipyard evaluation and contract review, plan approval, resident site supervision, commissioning and delivery, marine warranty surveying for offshore operations, and green ship recycling supervision.
About the companyCapabilities
Three disciplines, one standard of proof
New Building Supervision
Shipyard evaluation, plan approval and permanent site teams that hold the yard to the contract, the specification and the class rules.
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Marine Warranty Surveying
Independent approval of towage, load-out, transport and installation operations — evidence underwriters and project stakeholders accept.
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Green Ship Recycling
IHM preparation, yard due diligence and on-site supervision so end-of-life tonnage is recycled to EU and Hong Kong Convention standards.
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Supervision built on presence, records and independence
- Owner's interest, first and only
- We hold no shipyard affiliation. Every report, punch item and quality decision is written for the owner who pays for the asset.
- Site teams that stay to delivery
- Resident superintendents for hull, machinery, electrical, coating and commissioning — mobilised from steel cutting to sea trials.
- Evidence, not opinion
- Structured NCR tracking, photographic records and weekly progress reporting that stands up in contractual discussion with the yard.
- Global yard coverage
- Experience across Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Turkish and European yards, plus conversion and repair projects worldwide.
Client experience
“We have now been working with Risk Design International since 2019 and we are very pleased with the services provided by the company. We have found their specialists to be competent and their performance and safety culture live up to the highest industry standards.”
Claus Laursen
Project Director · Blue Water Shipping
“Our company recently worked with Risk Design International Ltd. on a project involving the conversion of seven Module Carrying vessels to container vessels. Risk Design International provided a range of services, including engineering support, feasibility studies, conversion supervision, and shipyard evaluation.”
Martin Kavlakov
Operations Manager · P&O Maritime Logistics
Trusted by owners, operators and class
Insights
From the shipyard floor
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