Covers for closing the hatchway, in cargo ships usually made of wood planks in sections that can be handled by the crew. In naval ship, steel hatch covers are used. The wood cover is made tight against rain and the sea by stretching one or more tarpaulins over them, secured at the edges by the hatch battens.
Umgqumo ogquma ukuncamathela kwimpahla ezilashiweyo ezidla ngoku hingiswa ngemithi kwindawo ezinokubanjwa ngabasebenzi. Kwinqanawa yokhosi umgqomo wesinyithi uyasetyenziswa. Umgqumo womthi uyaqiniswa ukuthintela imvula nolwandle ngokuthi koluleke ubulula obuthandelwe ngsinkunteri kuwo, esiphelweni bukhuselwe ngeceba lomthi elinomlinganiselo oncanyathiselwe eqokombeni.