From Robo-Flyers to Smart Scans, Unveiling the Future of Vessel Safety and Performance

Effective time management is essential when conducting inspections on container ships, as it directly influences the cost-effectiveness and competitiveness of maritime cargo transportation. Inspection plays a crucial role in ensuring container ship safety, averting cargo damage, maintaining compliance with environmental rules, and preserving the vessel's value. Ensuring the safety and dependability of container ships involves employing fundamental methods such as contact-based Ultrasonic Thickness (UT) inspections and visual assessments. These inspections proactively identify potential issues before they escalate into significant concerns, thereby aiding in the prevention of maritime mishaps. 

 
Regularly inspecting cargo vessels becomes a complex task due to their significant size, necessitating careful maneuvering to access various compartments, structures, and cargo holds. Traditional approaches, like rope access and scaffolding, come with inherent risks and time consumption. Addressing these hurdles, innovative flying robots have emerged as an optimal solution for ship inspections. Avestec's intelligent airborne robot, SKYRON, effectively addresses the difficulties encountered in ship inspections. 

Watch the video above to see how SKYRON performed UT and visual inspections on a container ship in Vancouver, Canada. It focused on checking the back wall of the cargo hold, the guides for the columns, and the ship's side facing the water. This inspection happened while the ship was parked at the port to unload cargo, highlighting the importance of saving time. SKYRON is a highly advanced flying robot designed for various inspections, reducing risks for humans and cutting down on inspection time and costs.