Many ships have had to face the unfortunate fate of being stranded in the seas for months because of an internal problem which was an electric failure. There is even an incident where an oil tanker blew up completely killing everyone on board and losing oil worth millions of dollars when an electric short circuit happened. Since a ship has to face the highest levels of humidity during its entire life, naked wires can easily create a contact between them and cause the biggest disaster of the year. Thus the electric cables are always sealed and their transit areas are kept covered so that there is no chance of water to come near them. However with the passage of time, every part of the ship gets worn out and there comes a time when the repairs become imminent.

The holes hidden in the most unexpected places can only be repaired if they are found. This is the reason why the cable transit areas watertight testing with the ultrasonic leak detector is important. Since we are dealing with electricity here, there is no chance that the hose pipe testing can be used here it because it will cause a disaster before the holes are even found. A ship can be the most dangerous vehicle known to man if there are holes present. Not only can the ship be sunk to the deepest ocean beds, the people and the goods onboard cannot be saved in time and the loss would be incalculable.

As we all know that a ship comprises of different compartments and they all are made watertight when manufactured. Being watertight is the only reason a ship of massive size and immense weight can manage to stay afloat. If water starts entering the ship’s body, it will lose its balance and then there is no stopping it from going turtle or even sinking. Many ships old and new have turned turtle all of a sudden because a lot of water entered it in one compartment without the crew knowing about it.

This terrible fate can be kept away if the management takes special care of watertight compartment doors testing. When the compartments are completely leak free, there is no chance of water to enter them and also there wouldn’t be any chance of water travelling from one compartment to another, hence the ship would never lose its balance and even if just a single compartment gets flooded, the ship wouldn’t be much affected by it.