Security and safety of the goods is
one of the biggest concerns of a customer when sending the consignment
abroad. A lot of news is surfacing the media channels about the
undesired incidents that happen to the goods during a voyage. These
incidents have created unrest among the customers who are unsure if
their goods will be reaching their destination safe and sound. It is the
duty of the ship owners and the manager to ensure that his ship is
completely water tight and there is no leak in the entire ship which can
cause the ship or the goods on it come to any harm.
Hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing
is the procedure to never let down by the ship’s management and staff.
The first step towards a leak proof ship is to find the leaking areas.
It is necessary to find all the holes in the ship’s body and the hatch
covers to remove them and make the ship free from any hole present in
it. The ultrasonic device is the latest and the most accurate gadget
that can guide the staff towards the holes present in the ship’s body
and hatch covers. Without knowing the location of the damages, there is
no way someone can apply the repairs.
Previously the water hose
and chalk were the methods used to test the tightness of hatch covers
and the ship’s body. We all know that in these busy times when every
second counts as money, no one has enough time to let the ship be gone
for a lengthy test which can easily take up to days or week to be
completed. After completing the lengthy test the ship would then be sent
to the workshop for repair which would then be taking many days or
weeks to get the holes filled.
The maritime industry is pressed
under huge stress from the customers to make the most voyages possible.
In these pressing situations the only way possible for the ship owners
and managers is to keep the tests as short as possible to save time. The
shortest time possible is only through checking the
tightness of hatch with ultrasound.
It is the only method which can be completed within the shortest time
and with the most accurate results. So in these busy times, every ship
owner should be making use of the ultrasonic device to keep his ship
leak free and to maintain a reputation of delivering the goods safe and
sound each time the ship sails for a voyage.
