Running a shipping transport business is not an easy task at all because apart from fighting the pressing deadlines and all the other stuff, one has to fight the leaks that keep emerging on the ship and keep damaging the goods in the cargo holds. Fighting the leaks is one of the oldest fights going on between a ship owner and Mother Nature. When leaks appear on a ship’s hatch covers and other parts of the ship’s body, the damages are incalculable and the ship owner ends up paying for the damages that have been done to the goods while transporting.

Leaks can never be repaired successfully unless they are found precisely and checking the tightness of hatch with ultrasound is the best method to find where the leaks are actually hidden. Leaks can appear in the wildest places and once they appear, they becom ... Read more »