Business growth can be ensured when the related industries with it also perform their best. Currently the business style revolves more around the import and export which is in high demand and increasing every day. Today’s business circle relies completely on the shipping industry which performs the tiresome task of transporting the goods from one country to another. The shipping industry has become too busy now as the demand for exporting goods increases and the pressing demand for increased voyages has resulted in the ship owners to become less responsible towards the checking of tightness of hatch with ultrasound.

Hatch covers are the only protection for the goods that are placed inside the cargo holds of the transport ships. The cargo holds are just like the halls of a building; the only difference is that these halls are open from the top and the only ceilings that can be placed upon them are the hatch covers. Hatch covers are tough and made to last long, but with the passage of time and the constant usage, it makes them weak. The hatch covers either lose their tightness which is created by the rubber pads around the opening to block out the air and water completely, or the usual bumping o goods and the scraping of the heavy chains creates dents which later on become holes.

These holes are the worst enemy of a transport ship because they let the water flow in. as the flows inside the cargo holds they destroy the goods that are inside and are to be carried to their destinations. The goods that are placed onboard the transport ship are insured. In case of any mishap the owner of the goods gets reimbursed according to the policies of the insurance. The reimbursement of the goods falls on the ship owner whose ship has caused the destruction of the goods.

Paying for the damages is never in the favor of the ship owner because it clearly chews away the profit that could have been availed if the goods had reached their destination safe and sound. Since the owner has refused to pay attention towards the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing, he ends up paying for the damages to the goods that have occurred on his ship. So it is better to make the ship secure early than end up paying a lot of money in terms of claims and insurance and then begin the repairing too.