A transport ship is one of the most unreliable vehicles on this planet. It sails over the seas and oceans and if anything happens to it, the recovery costs are more than ever. But despite the fear of being an unreliable source of travel and transport it is the most widely used vehicle because a leak proof ship tops reliability charts. The only unreliable transport ship is a leaking transport ship. When there are leaks or even a single leak present in a ship, there is no guarantee about its performance. Either the damage could be devastating or there can be no damage at all. It changes to a game of chance and coincidences because no one assures the safety of the goods or the crew on it.

Hatch covers are the most affected from leaks out of all the other parts if a transport ship. As they are used every time goods are loaded or unloaded in the cargo holds, they receive a very rough treatment during these phases. The damaging blows to the hatch covers rip off the paint and create dents in them especially around the borders. Hence without proper hatch cover maintenance and watertight integrity testing the leaks would never cease and water will always have an opening to get inside without invitation. A ship is a vehicle that is not built to store water or have it present inside it, but it is a vehicle which is clearly meant to block out water.

Leaking hatch covers are the biggest loss for a transport ship owning company. The cargo gets completely destroyed causing the shipping company to face losses worth millions and even billions. The profits earned in an entire year are eaten away by the loss of a single time if the ship encounters an accident. Apart from the loss encountered by a ship due to leaking hatch covers, the ship also faces a huge threat regarding safety if its doors and other compartments are leaking. The crew and the ship’s electric wiring are at a great risk of getting wet from the leaks in the compartments. A ship either transport or luxury, is engineered to remain stable on the surface of water. But if water is present inside the ship’s compartment, the stability can be greatly jeopardized. Hence we must agree to the fact that as much as we emphasize on the hatch cover testing, the watertight compartment doors testing is also of equal importance.