A survey conducted in the maritime
industry reveals that most of the complaints and claims filed by the
customers are due to damaged goods from water. A lot of goods are
damaged during the voyage when water enters in the cargo holds. Water
enters when huge tidal waves splash the deck and almost every area of
the ship. Water enters inside the cargo holds when the ship gets caught
in a storm and the powerful rain and winds create pressure on the ship.
Water gets inside from the highly humid air of the sea. Water droplets
present in the air can easily soak the wood and paper boxes. These kinds
of issues are the reason why the ship’s cargo hold is mostly affected
during the voyage. The customer is seriously disappointed to learn that
his consignment has been destroyed due to water.
To protect the people’s goods on board, it is necessary to check tightness of hatch with ultrasound before sailing. Most importantly it should be checked before loading the cargo inside the holds so that if anything wrong is detected it can be repaired. Worldwide trade is expanding very fast and there is a huge demand for more and more transport ships to manage it all. Since there is a limit to transport companies what they can invest and a transport ship costs in millions of dollars which is not easy to invest. The ships already present have a huge pressure on them to sail as much as they can in a year. This keeps them all on a very tight schedule and does not buy the owners enough time to send them on long repairs.
A repair work can easily take weeks since the ship has to undergo many tests including the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing before a repair company can give an estimate. Depending on the model and the condition of the damages, the bill can easily reach to thousands of dollars. Bearing the hefty repair cost and the loss of money by not being present to sail, ship owners often keep pushing the repair works for later. Ultimately it starts getting worse for the trade because water gets to find more ways of entering and damaging goods. There are certain criterions that define the health of ship and when it fails each of them, the ship is deemed unfit for sailing and should be repaired. Unfortunately we see a lot of violation in this regard and is the reason why a lot of leaking ships are still in business.
To protect the people’s goods on board, it is necessary to check tightness of hatch with ultrasound before sailing. Most importantly it should be checked before loading the cargo inside the holds so that if anything wrong is detected it can be repaired. Worldwide trade is expanding very fast and there is a huge demand for more and more transport ships to manage it all. Since there is a limit to transport companies what they can invest and a transport ship costs in millions of dollars which is not easy to invest. The ships already present have a huge pressure on them to sail as much as they can in a year. This keeps them all on a very tight schedule and does not buy the owners enough time to send them on long repairs.
A repair work can easily take weeks since the ship has to undergo many tests including the hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing before a repair company can give an estimate. Depending on the model and the condition of the damages, the bill can easily reach to thousands of dollars. Bearing the hefty repair cost and the loss of money by not being present to sail, ship owners often keep pushing the repair works for later. Ultimately it starts getting worse for the trade because water gets to find more ways of entering and damaging goods. There are certain criterions that define the health of ship and when it fails each of them, the ship is deemed unfit for sailing and should be repaired. Unfortunately we see a lot of violation in this regard and is the reason why a lot of leaking ships are still in business.
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