Aerial monitoring for ports and coastal facilities

We use unmanned aircraft and Lidar technology to monitor ports, terminals and coastal facilities from above. Aerial coverage reaches the areas fixed cameras miss — long perimeters, breakwaters, anchorages and open yards — without the cost of installing and maintaining equipment across the whole site.

Every flight follows a plan agreed with the facility in advance and is conducted in line with international ISPS practice. Footage is recorded, and each sortie is closed with a written report, so what the flight found can be acted on and filed with the facility's security records.

What the service covers

• Perimeter and fence-line patrols of port facilities
• Monitoring of vessel approaches, anchorages and berths
• Daytime and night flights using thermal imaging
• Lidar survey and mapping of terminal areas
• Inspection of yards, stockpiles and cargo areas
• Live video feed to the facility's operations room
• Documentation of incidents with recorded evidence
• Post-flight report with findings and recommendations

How an assignment runs

We begin with a site visit to agree the coverage area, flight paths and the times that suit the facility's operations. Flights are then run to that schedule — routinely, or as a one-off survey — by an operator working alongside the facility's security officer. You receive the recorded material together with the report for each flight.