Checking the tightness of hatch covers has always been a core issue for the ship owners. The industry is marred with stories of angry and frustrated customers where they lost millions of dollars in terms of damaged goods. How did these goods get damaged? The reasons are various but the core of every issue is the emergence of leaks in the ship. In many cases the ship had leaking hatch covers due to which the cargo holds got filled with water and the entire consignment was floating in water. In some cases the ship sank or broke apart due to a massive leakage en route and the entire cargo was lost at sea.

For every successful voyage and a profitable trip, hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing is emphasized as it clearly warns the ship owners about the calamities that could happen on the journey. As the ... Read more »