News / WSS to launch pilot scheme for drone deliveries to ships at anchor

While the wider deployment of delivery air drones is still some way off, as regulators struggle with the effect of thousands of units on public airspace, they will soon begin supplying the shipping industry.

One of the world’s largest ship agencies, Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS), will this year launch a pilot project in one of the world’s busiest ports using drones to transport supplies to cargo ships at anchor.

Marius Johansen, vice president of business solutions and marketing at WSS Ships Agency, said: “Whether it is critical ...