Tightness testing is becoming a huge concern for the ship owners. As deadlines are pressing and there is a huge load to make extra voyages, the ship owners often skip the tightness testing for their ships in order to make more voyages. As the old methods which usually consist of water hose and chalk testing is time taking and costly, the ship owners prefer to delay it in order to save money on the tests and also to be able to save time that would be otherwise spent in the tests and restrict from completing a voyage. But with the checking of tightness of hatch with ultrasound this painful and expensive method becomes extremely easy and affordable.

The ultrasonic method to check the tightness of the hatch covers is extremely easy and affordable. It is important to make sure that the hatch covers are completely water tight before starting a voyage. The ship can encounter a sea storm or a bad weather on the voyage. If there are holes in the hatch covers, or it is not completely water tight, the goods in the cargo hold would surely be harmed beyond repair and a huge consignment would be wasted. If such an incident happens onboard, the ship owner would not only be liable to pay for the damages to the consignment, the business person who was to receive it would also be suffering a huge business loss.

Since a huge responsibility lies on the shoulders of the ship owner who are carrying goods of many customers on their ship, it is important to ensure that the ship would be reaching its destination safe and sound. This is only possible when the ship is able to block any kind of ingress of water completely. The ultrasonic gadget runs the test through ultrasonic waves which does not harm even in the least possibility to the surroundings. It means if the ship is carrying any kind of goods, the ultrasonic waves would never harm the goods inside the cargo holds.

This provides an opportunity to even run the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing with a filled cargo hold. If there is any threat of holes in the hatch covers, or if the holes have been identified in the test, there is no need to delay the voyage but take the necessary precautions immediately. The holes can be filled temporarily to protect the cargo from any kind of water damage during the voyage. This would not only result in a happy voyage, but it will save the ship owner from handing out a lot of money in terms of claims and sues.