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Visit the DIOL partner AquaSmart at the World Port Days 2025 to learn how drones could be used in ports, also in support of offshore energy projects!...

Yesterday Vives organised a live demo of its latest DIOL project: a self-driving electric ground robot with a 360° camera designed to inspect logistics hubs´ perimeters. The eevnt saw the presence of local stakeholders, including the airport CEO and the mayor of Ostend.  ...

After Fraunhofer Institute´s setting up of a drone campus in Cuxhavem, DIOL is paving the way for establishing a drone port also at the port of Esbjerg. ...

Underwater photogrammetry is evolving quickly and our partner AquaSmart is learning how to incorporate new technologies into its sub-sea ROV!...

Our tireless partner Marlon Drinkwaard, CEO of AquaSmartXL, recently took the opportunity to showcase DIOL and the company´s aquadrone solutions for waterborne energy and port infrastructure inspection on two other occasions....

In November the drone ´Lone´ -named after the Esbjerg Port Engineer Lone Arendt Rasmussen - was tested in the harbour, 700 metres from the harbour´s entrance, in cooperation with DanPilot. Utilising drones in support of offshore energy parks´maintenance is a DIOL´s goal....

At the beginning of November SeaTopic, IFAM and Brest Port represented DIOL in Rostock-Warnemünde at Hydro 2024, the Hydrographic Conference and Exhibition of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS). With over 50 stands and over 50 top-class presentations, the event was a uniqu...

On 16th october 2024 Brest Port organised a networking event to allow several organisations from the Atlantic and North Sea areas to discuss the future of alternative energy sources and fuels for the maritime sector and provide an opportunity for business dialogue.  ...

On September 25, 2024, the DIOL project hosted a seminar at the WindEnergy Hamburg 2024 exhibition, where key stakeholders from the offshore logistics and renewable energy sectors gathered to discuss the future of green helicopter logistics and innovative drone operations. The event also marked the...