Ultrasonic Safety & Survey Equipments

Friday 2 August 2013

Leak Proof Ships Are People’s Choice

Unless every single nut is perfectly tight and the rubber pad perfectly working, no transport ship can be claimed to be the safest for sending your goods. Many people in the past have lost many precious goods due to the damage from water while the ship was sailing through the unforgiving and unpredictable oceans. While sailing on the ocean a ship has to fight against many high waves that easily find their way on the deck and make it wet. The next big challenge is the highest humidity level which can easily rot the toughest steel.

Many goods have been destroyed by the water entering the cargo holds or in many other cases the humidity destroyed the goods. This happened because there was no ultrasonic technology for hatch cover tightness testing and the ship’s crew had to rely on their own observation if the ship was leak proof or not. But the human eye is not a perfect judge, there can be miscalculations and the results after that are disastrous.

The shipping industry is the biggest fine payer industry today. It pays fines in the forms of claims that are filed by the customers who hand over their goods for shipping. When sailing, the hatch covers start leaking and the water or the humid air gets inside the cargo areas. It starts dampening the boxes and at the end, the dampness reaches to the actual product inside.

To reduce such risks it is always emphasized to keep the goods packed completely in plastic. Plastic is a very good insulator against wetness. It can protect everything inside it from the damp air and the water also. It does not matter how much water touches the plastic, there is no chance of water to get inside the plastic pack unless the plastic has a hole in it.

By checking the tightness of hatch with ultrasound the staff can be sure that their hatch covers are working well and will protect the goods throughout the journey. Hatch covers are just like a lid on a container. They do not let anything get across them unless they are opened by someone. Usually the crew opens the hatch covers for the purpose of loading or unloading the goods inside.

Hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing has become a routine for the shipping companies who emphasize quality in their work. They pay special attention to keeping their hatch covers well maintained no matter how much the costs may incur. This keeps them ahead of their competitors because people are crazy about their service and are keen to book their goods on those ships.

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