Industry Addendum: Air Traffic Management
Drone ship to shore deliveries forecast to cut costs by 90%
April 1st 2019
Airbus’s Skyways, an experimental project intended to establish multi-modal transportation networks for smart cities, has commenced ship-to-shore trials with its parcel delivery drone, the first time drone technology has been explored in physical port conditions. Read More »
A Swire Pacific Offshore tug, anchored 1.5 kilometres from the shoreline received an onboard delivery of 1.5 kg of 3D printed consumberables from Singapore’s Marina South pier. The delivery trip and return journey to land took 10 minutes.
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During trials conducted with Wilhelmsen Ships Services the Airbus Skyways drone will take off from the South Marina pier with up to 4 kgs of cargo and navigate along designed corridors to deliver goods to ships up to three kilometres from land.
Deliveries of essential spares, medical supplies and cash to master via launch boat is provided day by day, said Wilhelmsen Ships Services vice president commercial, Marius Johansen. Drones can speed up deliveries by up to six times, lower costs by 90%, reduce emissions and mitigate against accidents, Airbus Skyways and Wilhelmsen said after the successful trial last month.
The Airbus subsidiary now plans land trials by delivering air parcels autonomously at Singapore National University.
