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APMT drones are making Chilean cargo handling safer and more efficient
Release time：
2018-09-05
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MAERSK port operator APM Terminals (APMT) is deploying drones at two of
its inland services facilities in Chile to improve safety and efficiency,
reports American Shipper.
"Since the
arrival of the drones, visibility of terminal operations has improved
considerably and hot spots, such as traffic flow, container stack efficiency
and unsafe behaviour, can be identified instantly," said Containers
Operators director Hector Espinoza.
One drone is being used at the company's Santiago facility and two others are
being used at its larger facility in San Antonio to perform dangerous tasks
such as rooftop and crane inspection.
In Chile, APMT runs Containers Operators SA, Bridge Intermodal
Transport and Contopsa Inland Terminals as well as several inland facilities
covering 415,000 square metres and provide a full range of container and cargo
repair, intermodal transport, maintenance, storage and packing services.
"The drones are guided by geofencing - a route map for flying," APMT
said. "The pilot has a live-stream view, so he can make phone calls to the
necessary people or even fly in and use the speakers to inform a truck driver
that they need to get back into their truck."
Said Mr Espinoza: "Safety supervisors are exposed to the highest risks. I
knew the mining industry was having success with drones for safety, so we
started testing it."
Work began in 2016, and since then, drones have been periodically used to film
site operations, monitor traffic flows and container stack efficiency, and to
observe unsafe behaviour, APMT said.