Ultrasonic Safety & Survey Equipments

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Apply Repairs to Hatch Covers When the Leaking Starts

Leaking hatch covers has troubled the shipping industry long enough. Gone are the days when one could do nothing about the damaged products they received from the shipping companies. Today with consumer rights and many other laws to provide protection and convenience to the customers, people who receive damaged products file a complaint and are claiming refunds. This is a serious blow to the shipping company because it is not just one or two complaints, but there are loads of complaints and the insurance claims can cost up to thousands of dollars every year.
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With the hatch covers are present on the ships to provide safety to the cargo inside the holds, it is necessary to have them maintained and checked often to see if they have developed any holes or leaks for any other reason. With the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing, the staff can easily locate the areas where damage has been inflicted due to any reason. These holes and cracks become the reason water gets inside these cargo holds and destroy the goods inside.

Ignorance is the biggest curse and if you, being a ship owner or manager ignore the tests and keep running the ship, matter can become worse. The ship would start leaking more and inflict more damage on the goods inside. This would increase the claims against damage and would eat up the profit that is earned by the company. While the manual testing methods require more time, energy and resources to conduct the test, testing with the ultrasonic hatch cover tester costs almost nothing. There is no need for a team of cleaners, testers, analyzers and helpers, all you need is just some spare time and you can conduct the entire test yourself within a matter of hours (this time is estimated for the huge shipping ships). For the smaller ships such as luxury yatches and boats, the testing can be completed within minutes and you can save hundreds of dollars on it.

By checking
tightness of hatch with ultrasound many ships have managed to keep their ships well maintained and that too without investing too much. Applying the repairs as the damage occurs can save a large amount of money. If you prolong the repairs and turn deaf ears to the problems, it would cost a lot more to repair in the end because many other parts would get damaged by your delay.

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