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Deep Dive: Aerial Drones in the Maritime Industry

Nic Gardner by Nic Gardner
2 years ago
Reading Time: 31 mins read
Deep Dive: Aerial Drones in the Maritime Industry
Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. What are drones?
  3. Supporting technologies
    • Stabilisation
    • Sensing
    • Control and communication
  4. Advantages of aerial drones in maritime applications
  5. Maritime challenges for aerial drones
    • Practical concerns
    • Technical concerns
    • Safety, security and ethical concerns
  6. Current maritime uses for aerial drones
    • 1. Small-scale survey and inspection
    • 2. Large-scale survey and inspection
    • 3. Emergency prevention and response
    • 4. Research
    • 5. Delivery and logistics
  7. Future maritime uses for aerial drones
    • Lifesaving
    • Arctic oil spills
    • Amphibious drones
    • Monitoring and evidence gathering
    • Firefighting
    • De-icing
    • 3D Imaging
    • Drone swarms
  8. Conclusion

Introduction

In 2018, an aerial drone the size of a pigeon shut down London Gatwick Airport for 33 hours. Over 1,000 flights were cancelled, and 140,000 passengers were stranded at the terminal gates. It cost the airlines more than £47 million ($US64 million).

It brought airport security, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and the UK Anti-Terrorism network to their knees, and Gatwick’s runway fell silent for over two days.  The operator is still at-large.

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Nic Gardner

Nic Gardner

Nic Gardner is a Maritime Technology Analyst at Thetius. She is a master mariner who holds an unlimited UK CoC and has seagoing experience on capesize bulk carriers, ro-pax ferries, sail training ships, hospital ships, general cargo tramp ships, container ships and fisheries protection boats. When she is not at sea, Nic writes about a range of topics including technology and the maritime industry. Nic is also the author of "Merchant Navy Survival Guide: Survive & thrive on your first ship", a book to give aspiring seafarers the knowledge and tools they need to make a success of their first trip to sea.

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