1. No Wet Cargo with Ultrasonic
Hatch Cover Tester
Since the inception of the shipping industry, the leakage in hatch covers
results in serious and massive commercial destruction. The claims made
by the wet cargo and shipping industry has perplexed the customers,
ship owners, cargo handling companies, their managers and insurance
companies. No matter whatever they do or how hard they try, the
manual methods and testing techniques, failed to provide complete
protection and security against the leaks and cracks which results in the
destruction of valuable cargo and goods on board. This often results in
the shipping industry paying the millions of dollars in lieu of insurance
claims and law suits by the goods companies for the destruction of their
cargo due to water. In addition to this, the delays in the shipments,
schedule disruptions and sometimes even sinking of ships, are the other
factors that cause significant loss to the industry. Sometimes the ships
have been even left in the ocean all alone and the crew has to board
another ship due to life threatening leaks or cracks in the ship.

2. Therefore, it is a vital duty of the ship manager to maintain the ship and
to keep check and balance of the areas which are getting affected by
corrosion. It is his responsibility to keep every area of the ship well
maintained and well checked for any kind of damages or cracks on
regular basis. For this purpose, checking the Tightness of hatch with
Ultrasound provides reliable and credible outcomes in less time and
spending less amount of energy. The ultrasound scan of the whole ship
can be conducted in few hours or if the ship is too big or damaged, it
takes one or two days. It does not need large number of men to conduct
a test. A single individual can easily conduct it. This saves a lot of money
to the shipping company, which might be required otherwise.

3. All this has resulted in different attempts to control these outcomes due
to leakages or cracks in the ships. This lead to the invention and the use
of hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing for checking and verifying the
integrity of the hatch covers. This technique has yielded fabulous and
promising results. With the invention and formulation of modern
techniques and gadgets for this purpose, the ultrasonic testing has
gained control over much of the problems associated with hatch leakage
at less amount of cost. The outward shinning and dazzling body of the
ship, no matter how heavy and bright it might look, it is bound to get
weaken from the site where it is connected with the other moving parts
inside the ship. With the passage of time, the doors, windows, hatch
covers, etc, starting developing holes or cracks, which can allow the
water seepage in the lower parts of the ship. Due to extensive contact
with water and humidity, the protective layering provided by the
manufacturers of the ship starts to erode allowing the metal to be
directly exposed to the water and humidity.