Downtime is important in the marine business. Ships do not earn money whilst in port for maintenance, so it is vital to get back to sea as soon as possible. many ship operators now use Fibrescope inspections to help keep their machinery in top condition locating defects before they turn in to failures.

In the unfortunate event of a failure, a fibrescope inspection can help access the extent of the failure quickly and enable the ship engineers and insurance assessors to agree on the best action to take.