New technologies such as drones, climbers and robot arms are rapidly entering the marine survey and inspection arena. And, in turn, major classification societies are embracing the so-called Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) for their class surveys. If you are looking for the reasons why, it is easy to answer – safer and less intrusive surveys!
Without requiring confined space entry, RITs are considerably less expensive than other methods. Likewise, they’re far safer than traditional methods of inspection that involve sending inspectors/surveyors into unsafe conditions. Analytically, the pros of RITs in conjunction with class surveys are as follows:
– improve efficiency of inspection techniques
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