To conquer the biggest challenge of
the shipping industry, many methods have been adopted to manage leaking
hatch covers. The attempt to eliminate wastage of goods during the
shipping process is a battle waging for a long time now. Now with the
help of modern technology, tightness of hatch with ultrasound
has provided the much sought relief the ship owners and managers have
been in search for. By applying the new techniques they have managed to
make their transport ship much secure and safe for the cargo and because
of this they are able to reduce the amount of fines they had to pay
every time.
A few years ago when the ultrasonic testing was not available to everyone, the shipping industry applied a way of manual testing. The testing was a painfully lengthy procedure and it was something that most of the ship owners and managers were afraid to have their ships undergo. The procedure took a very long time to complete because it was totally done in the manual way. The first step was to completely dry the ship. A team of workers could be seen with mops and other cleaning items, removing dirt and drying the deck, walls and other areas of the ship. The bigger the ship was, the more time it required and the higher it would cost.
After the drying process was completed, it was carefully inspected by a team of inspectors. They would mark areas where they were skeptical about hidden holes and cracks. The workers would then start pumping water in high pressure motors and pumps and apply pressurized water to the areas and then see if water had found a way to the other side. The process would go on and on with applying the water pressure once and then inspecting and then again repeating the process. It took weeks in only this process and then after many hectic hours of work, when the inspectors pronounced their job done, the ship would then be sent for repairs with all the damaged areas marked with chalk.
After the repairs were completed, which took another week or more, the ship was again inspected to see if any point was missed. This entire process kept the ship out of work for as long as it was undergoing repairs. The costs incurred were too much to bear, and the loss for being out of work was another blow to the finances. Now everything of that type is eliminated thanks to the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing.
A few years ago when the ultrasonic testing was not available to everyone, the shipping industry applied a way of manual testing. The testing was a painfully lengthy procedure and it was something that most of the ship owners and managers were afraid to have their ships undergo. The procedure took a very long time to complete because it was totally done in the manual way. The first step was to completely dry the ship. A team of workers could be seen with mops and other cleaning items, removing dirt and drying the deck, walls and other areas of the ship. The bigger the ship was, the more time it required and the higher it would cost.
After the drying process was completed, it was carefully inspected by a team of inspectors. They would mark areas where they were skeptical about hidden holes and cracks. The workers would then start pumping water in high pressure motors and pumps and apply pressurized water to the areas and then see if water had found a way to the other side. The process would go on and on with applying the water pressure once and then inspecting and then again repeating the process. It took weeks in only this process and then after many hectic hours of work, when the inspectors pronounced their job done, the ship would then be sent for repairs with all the damaged areas marked with chalk.
After the repairs were completed, which took another week or more, the ship was again inspected to see if any point was missed. This entire process kept the ship out of work for as long as it was undergoing repairs. The costs incurred were too much to bear, and the loss for being out of work was another blow to the finances. Now everything of that type is eliminated thanks to the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing.
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