An opening in a deck through which cargo may be handled, machinery or boilers installed or removed, and access obtained to the decks and holds below. Hatch is properly a cover to a hatchway but is often used as a synonym for hatchway.
Umgxunya kumgangatho apho impahla zithathwa khona, umtshini, ukufakwa kobushushu okanye bususwe nendlela ethi ifumeneke emgangathweni encinezelwe phantsi. Isakhiwo somcagcatho wentsimbi ngaphaya komgxunya emgangathweni wenqanawa sigqunywe kumgxunya oqhakamshelana nomphakathi wenqanawa kodwa zisebenzisa igama elinye zombini.