JSC “Vostochny Port”, the largest Russian coal stevedore and a member of the port coal holding “Managing Port Company, LLC”, reported that the fire and environment monitoring on its corporate premises is conducted with the help of a drone (quad copter).
The flying camera “Phantom” operates online to inform a dedicated operator promptly on the situation in the air and on the territory of the port. “Vostochny Port” employees completed experimental flights and commenced regular environment monitoring with the drone and it has proved to be very effective.
The drone is also used to patrol coastal waters as well as monitoring the technical condition of equipment at the port terminals.
“Vostochny Port” is introducing sophisticated world class technologies to reduce any possible negative impact on the environment, such as enclosed wagon discharge operations, cargo movement on a covered conveyor belt, wind load corrected operations, internal environment monitoring, including air monitoring, and numerous other matters. As per the directive of Primorsky Region Governor and under the guidance of Nakhodka Mayor, we have also developed other measures that we will implement in the ensuring four years”, – said Anatoly Lazarev, Managing Director of JSC “Vostochny Port”.