The Port of Rotterdam describes drones used for infrastructure inspections, stockpile measurement, construction monitoring and incident response. These applications demonstrate a role beyond promotional aerial footage: collecting information that can be compared over time.
Choose one crane or stockpile and define repeatable viewpoints or mapping boundaries. A useful inspection report links each finding to an asset, location and capture time, with a responsible person reviewing the result.
Evaluate image quality, weather limits, access restrictions and coordination with terminal operations before the flight. Measure the time to produce a useful report, rather than the number of images captured. Route permission and operating arrangements remain specific to the site.
Original sources
- Drones in the port of Rotterdam ↗ 2026-09-06
Source summaries and application analysis by COCON. Pilot ideas are proposals, not claims of completed COCON projects or confirmed product availability.
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