Ultrasonic Safety & Survey Equipments

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Integrity Testing the Only Safety for Ships

Everything seems to be in a rush these days. The business world has become too crowded and this has caused an immense increase in the completion all around the globe. That is why we see everything rushing past us, the people are seen in a rush, cars are rushing around carrying people to their offices and back home or to any other place they need to be present. Similarly all the machines have been put in top gear so that they rush around their routes providing speedy services to the humans who spend money when using them. All this speed where provides benefit to the human kind also has some negative effects and one of them is negligence in cable transit areas watertight testing.

Surely it is being referred to the shipping industry which is by far the busiest and the most expanded of all industries present on the planet earth. This industry has the sole responsibility of upholding the export industry through which companies have managed to reach a global market plus keep their production costs under control by outsourcing their productions to countries with relatively cheaper labour rates. The transport ships are by far the largest ships that sail the earth’s waters and they are the ones which carry tons of weight and transport the goods to their destinations. Had this industry been shut down or had not been formed, the world’s trade would have been facing a different set of challenges.

While the fast paced world of today pressurizes the shipping industry to match its speed, the pressing deadlines and other issues clearly leave no time to the staff to spend time in the checking of the tightness of the ship’s hatch covers and other parts. This can be a very huge risk to take but companies are taking it willingly. They put the entire ship, the goods on it and the crew to great risk by sailing the ship with leaks. As the leaks are the only reason for the water to enter the ship and cause havoc, it can only be prevented when the ship is completely tight from every angle and there is no means of the water to enter. The watertight compartment doors testing allows the ship to be sealed even from the doors so that the water may not enter even from the doors when the ship faces the wrath of the high tide or the storm during the voyage.

No comments:

Post a Comment