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Avy carries out aerial drone surveys for raw material quantity assessment at port and terminal facilities. Using thermal and RGB payloads, Aera captures precise imagery of stockpiles and storage infrastructure, allowing stakeholders to verify volumes, identify discrepancies, and reduce reliance on manual checks in hazardous or restricted areas.
Surveys can be conducted on a scheduled basis; weekly, fortnightly, or on-demand, generating consistent data sets that improve accuracy over time and integrate directly into client reporting workflows.
Avy conducts autonomous drone surveys for power line inspection, covering line condition assessment, rust damage, water logged foundations, resistance hot spots, fault and anomaly detection, and vegetation encroachment monitoring. Operating BVLOS, the Avy Aera can cover long linear infrastructure efficiently, surveying distances in a single flight that would take ground teams days to cover on foot.
Avy has carried out power line inspection programmes for a major European grid operator, using thermal and RGB payloads to identify structural anomalies, assess line condition, and flag vegetation risks along transmission corridors. The resulting data is delivered as structured reports with annotated imagery, ready for maintenance planning teams.
Avy operates weekly drone missions across the Port of Rotterdam, Port of Amsterdam, and Port of Antwerp for port monitoring and drone survey applications. Missions include aerial surveys of storage infrastructure, stockpile assessment, and operational monitoring of terminal activity.
The drone-in-a-box system deployed at port facilities enables recurring missions without mobilisation costs, the aircraft launches from its docking station, completes the mission autonomously, and returns to recharge.
Organisations flying with Avy
Avy has demonstrated autonomous hazard detection across rail infrastructure in a programme conducted with ProRail, the Dutch national rail operator. Drone flights identified safety-critical anomalies including incorrectly positioned vehicles and faulty fire safety equipment, hazards that are difficult to detect consistently through ground inspection across the scale of a national rail network.
The system's ability to fly consistent, repeatable routes and compare imagery against a known baseline makes it well suited to scheduled compliance monitoring for rail, road, and industrial infrastructure operators.
Scheduled or on-demand missions
Flights are programmed in advance and run automatically, or triggered remotely from Avy's operations centre. No pilot needs to be present at the site.
Thermal, RGB and multispectral payloads
Thermal cameras detect heat anomalies in electrical infrastructure and storage facilities. RGB cameras capture high-resolution imagery for visual condition assessment. Multispectral sensors support vegetation and environmental monitoring.
Structured data output
Raw footage and imagery is processed into structured deliverables. The output is designed to integrate into existing asset management and maintenance workflows, not just be stored as raw video files.
Traditional inspection methods, whether ground teams, manned aircraft, or manually piloted drones, share a common constraint: they are expensive to deploy repeatedly, difficult to scale across large areas, and dependent on human presence at the inspection site.
Autonomous drone monitoring addresses each of these directly. Once a programme is established, recurring missions run at a fraction of the cost of manual inspection. Flight paths are consistent and repeatable, meaning data sets are directly comparable over time. And because the system operates remotely, there is no requirement to coordinate on-site access for every inspection cycle.
For infrastructure operators managing assets across large geographies, whether power transmission networks, port terminals, or rail corridors, this shift from periodic manual inspection to continuous autonomous monitoring represents a meaningful operational improvement.
Ready to automate your inspection programme?
Avy works with infrastructure operators, port authorities, and energy companies across Europe to design and operate autonomous drone monitoring programmes. Contact us to discuss your requirements.