Drones to help with Antwerp port area controls

Airobotics and HHLA Sky partner to provide advanced drone services for protecting and enhancing terminal and critical infrastructure operations in Germany.

“We do not sell these products ourselves; it is the demonstrators themselves that decide who they partner up with,” the port said in the statement to WorldCargo News.

Tuesday (13 February) saw disgruntled farmers use their tractors to blockade roads around Europe’s second largest container port, Antwerp, severely disrupting traffic flows into the port and affecting overall cargo-handling operations.

The port areas of Port of HaminaKotka will become UAS-restricted areas from 1 January 2024

In June, HHLA Sky won the highest Red Dot Award, the ‘Best of the Best’ category, for its automated first responder drone, X4, co-developed with Third Element Aviation and the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.

Drones are increasingly used in ports for inspection and security purposes. Nokia claims to be the first to offer a “CE-certified, turnkey drone-in-a-box solution that meets the requirements of the European Union and connects over public and private 4G/LTE and 5G networks”.