As the demand of transport ships increases tantamount to the number of goods being exported globally, the old ships have more responsibility on their shoulders. A new ship cannot be manufactured and landed in the water overnight. It is a tough and tiring process that takes many weeks or even months to put all the parts together and create an unbeatable shipping ship. Keeping in view of the ship’s size and its capability to pull all the weight in its cargo holds thorough the lengths of the oceans, the hatch covers and its engines are built specifically. The streamlined body is created to minimize the water’s friction to as low as possible, this design manages the ship to sail smoothly even though it carries tons of weight on it body.

The new ships only land a dozen each year and to keep the industry running smoothly, the old ships are emphasized to be maintained mechanically and also be leak proof. The procedure popularly known as the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing is the only procedure that allows the old ships to become leak proof. The procedure is not news in the industry but unfortunately a lot of ship owners are still not applying it. Their denial to switch over to the latest technology is causing them more harm than profits. As the simple procedure of scanning the hatch covers with the handheld device points out the leaks instantly, a lot of time can be saved and the repair works would be done quickly too.

Some ship owners, who are still inclined to use the old method known as the water hose testing method, often have ships that are leaking or are late in their deliveries. This old method was introduced in the early years of the industry’s birth. Today as the demand of rapid deliveries requires everything to be quick and precise, wasting time in running the water hose tests results in delays in the deliveries. In order to keep the ship sailing constantly, most ship owners take the risk of setting off without conducting any test. At the end, these ship owners have to face heavy penalties for damaging the goods due to water leak and they also result in losing a huge chunk from their profits.

Whereas to the ship owners who are dedicated to check tightness of hatch with ultrasound, they are able to make more successful deliveries and also have a better maintained ship. It is time to let go off the old rituals and beliefs in the business world and switch to the technology that saves time and money.