Sometimes the transportation industry can face gloomy days and this happens when a transport ship faces a huge disaster. Some may say that fate brought the calamity over it but actually it is the negligence of Hatch cover maintenance and watertight integrity testing which causes the disaster. Transport ships are a creation of man and they need to be cared for to remain in use and be free from all problems. The hatch covers are probably the most roughly used ship’s parts and as the goods are loaded and unloaded in them, they face the most terrible torture of all parts. The heavy chains from the cranes which are used to load and unload the goods scrape the covers and many a times the bulky goods collide with them punishing them with severe blows.

The old method
Since the transport ships are on a very busy schedule it becomes impossible to have them ... Read more »

The increase in competition all over the planet has brought many changes in the business world. Factories and assembly plants have been shifted from the countries with high labor rates to countries with lower labor rates (China and Bangladesh are the perfect examples). One of the changes effectively seen in the new cost saving formula is the measurement of every raw material used in the factories even liquids. It is true that the use of liquids and even gases has become more common in the factories and hence they need to be measured with the liquid level indicator for many purposes.

Liquids used in factories
Factories all over the world use a variety of liquids in their manufacturing and processing. They are used for a variety of purposes and their use is increasing rapidly. Here are some of the liquids which are frequently used in factories all over the ... Read more »