RightShip chief executive Warwick Norman has retired from the Melbourne headquartered vetting company.

Norman first announced his decision to retire in the summer last year but stayed on until a successor was found - a process that took longer than first expected.

Reflecting on his time at RightShip, which began after an Australian government investigation into substandard shipping, Norman said: “It is difficult to describe the journey undertaken as we took the idea of trying to improve the standard performance of the dry bulk fleet via the application of ship vetting.