The biggest industry today can be termed as the transport industry because it is one industry that exists in every country and every part of the world. The sea transport industry is one of the most wanted industries due to its lower rates and the capacity to carry tons of weight as compared to the air transport. Due to the huge demand the transport ships are seldom seen idle on the ports and they have to make a lot of shipment throughout the year. This leaves them little or no time to apply the repairs and this is the reason most of the ships are in a terrible state with rust visible on almost every part of it.

Rust is the biggest cause of creating leaks and they can occur in the wildest places. Without knowing where the leaks are, the repair work cannot begin. One of the oldest methods to find leaks is by dousing the entire ship with water and seeing the way water goes inside. This is a painful task because it takes a lot of time and cost too. To escape from this painful task, the ship owners prefer to take the risk and sail with leaking ships. To replace this painful task the method known as the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing is introduced. It wouldn’t be fair to say introduced because it has already been introduced decades ago, but a majority of ship owners are still unaware of this method.

Finding the leaking spots with the ultrasonic device is a matter of some hours. It also doesn’t require the ship to be emptied completely because the ultrasonic waves can be caught by the device even when the ship is completely loaded. But it is still better to run the test when the goods have been unloaded so that the person running the test would be able to inspect more closely at the spots the device indicates the leaks. As soon as a leaking spot is identified, the area should be marked and then the person can proceed to the other parts.

Marking the areas so the person goes gives the benefit of not running the test of checking tightness of hatch with ultrasound again. Once the leaks are in view, the repair work can be planned accordingly. If the ship is ready to sail within a day or two, the major leaks that do not require a lot of dismantling can be repaired. One after another, all the leaks can be repaired and the ship would soon be as good as new. After the ship is free from all leaks, the ship owners would never have to pay for the damages and they will have no more claims of goods being damaged from water. Manhandling the goods is another thing and the ship owner would have to pay the price of having an irresponsible staff.