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 become the source of the water to get inside the cargo holds where it should never get in. As there are all sorts of goods inside the cargo holds they can get water damage which makes them useless. As it is the policy of all shipping companies that the goods that it carries are insured, hence the damage that happens onboard is payable to the customer by the ship owner.

It is an undeniable fact that leaks are bound to appear on the ship and they can be repaired. But they can only be repaired once they are found in their exact location. We all know that a transport ship is a huge one and searching for the leaks by a human being can be impossible. Unless he uses helping tool such as the hatch cover ultrasonic leak tester, there is no way he can find all the leaks without wasting an eternity and too much energy. If you think taking apart the hatch covers and then inspecting them inch by inch is a solution, then you are totally wrong because it will not only increase your efforts, but it will restrict your ship to the workshop for a long time and will cost you a fortune to do it.

Using the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing is the only possible way to keep down costs and run the test effectively in the shortest possible time. Once the leaks have been found, marking them is the best way to not forget the exact location of the leaks and to point out to the repairman where he needs to concentrate. The ship owners who are reluctant to use this heavenly gifted device on their leak finding mission are only wasting their time, energy and money by using the other techniques and they can never guarantee to have a ship completely free from holes and leaks. Thus they are not only paying a lot of money in damages and claims, but they are also losing their reputation in the industry fast.