Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Drydocking (UWILD) Services

Fairtex Group's Underwater Inspection in Lieu of Drydocking (UWILD) is the safer, faster and cheaper alternative for ensuring the structural and operational integrity of marine assets without the need for the marine assets to be sent to the dry docks.

We provide team of experts for the use of Robot system capable of self-crawling along the inspection surface to perform the scanning in axial and/or circumferential orientation.

Fairtex Group has the capability to perform thickness measurements of hull structures, inspections of all ship types, including Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU) such as jack-up rigs and semi-submersibles oil platforms and is certified by the following bodies:

DNV-GL – Approved In-Water Survey Provider
ABS – Approved In-Water Survey Provider
BV – Approved In-Water Survey Provider
Lloyd’s Register – Approved In-Water Survey Provider

Our UWILD NDT Services Covers:

  • Visual and Video Inspection

  • Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI)

  • Dye Penetrant Testing Method (PT)

  • CP protection and thickness measurement

  • Visual Testing Method (VT)

  • Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM)


Advantages of our UWILD Services:

  • Cost effective cleaning and inspection solution

  • High resolution Ultrasonic mapping

  • Pulsed Eddy Current Testing (PECT)

  • Laser triangulation system

  • UWILD Device is capable of self-crawling along the inspection surface to perform the scanning in axial and/or circumferential orientation

UWILD Inspection

UWILD Inspection

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