Industries
Maritime

MISTRAS provides inspection and maintenance solutions for maritime ports, shipyards, docks, and vessels to ensure these crucial transportation hubs and assets remain fully operational and safe.

Our maritime teams have the traditional Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspection and advanced access capabilities to service the needs of your maritime ports, docks, shipyards, submarines, and more to check for corrosion, cracking, erosion, and other potential issues. With rope access technicians, aerial and subsea drones, and trained divers, no element of a maritime port or shipyard is out of reach for inspection, maintenance, and repair.

Maritime ports and similar docking locations must meet high-quality standards to properly handle the transportation and carrier vessels that pass through, while also dealing with harsh environmental conditions that can lead to corrosion, erosion, leaks, cracking, and other damages. Outdated maritime ports and shipyard facilities can create both increased cost and potential risks, along with higher rates of accidents and injury for facility personnel.

MISTRAS’ teams of experts are well-equipped to assess, inspect, and improve the processes in place at many maritime locations.

Advanced Maritime Port Inspection Techniques

MITRAS’ trained technicians have the tools and expertise to ensure your maritime assets remain in top shape before taking to the water. Our advanced services are designed to pinpoint potential anomalies so a plan of action can be developed. These NDT services include:

• Radiography (RT)
• Ultrasonic Shear Wave Testing (USWT)
• Visual Testing (VT)
• Penetrant Testing (PT)
• Magnetic Particle Testing (MT) 
• Eddy Current Testing (EC)
• Ultrasonic Testing (UT) Thickness Measurement

Maritime Port Inspection Services

Our inspection procedures focus on ensuring that all the operating assets, like naval ships, submarines, tugboats, and other vessels in your ports, maritime terminals, and docks are functioning safely and efficiently. Some of the assets we inspect include:

• Mooring equipment
• Loading equipment
• Facility layout and design
• Building rehabilitation
• Asset Infrastructure
• Transfer equipment
• Emergency response equipment
• Spill response equipment
• Pump wells
• Flood simulator
• Propeller/Propeller shafts
• Keels
• Steel shanks
• Float pontoons
• Hull butt welds

MISTRAS technicians strategically select the NDT technique best suited to inspect the maritime asset in question. Our methods, combined with advanced access capabilities, can be completed on-site, so your maritime port experiences a minimal amount of disruption.

Inspection of Submarines, Cruise Ships, and Yachts

MISTRAS’ certified technicians are equipped to inspect cruise ships, yachts, and other large sea-bound vessels.

Our range of services includes advanced ultrasonic measurements, like Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT), to accurately map potential corrosion. MISTRAS’ other traditional and advanced NDT inspection solutions help pinpoint damages on a range of ship components, including:

• Masts
• Booms
• Rudders
• Spar
• Hull
• Bearings
• Propeller Shaft
• Sea Chest Inlet
• Stern Tube