Projects, Infrastructure, Since January 2026
Scheduled perimeter patrols at a container terminal
Four automated patrols a night over fences, quays and container stacks. Each pass is compared with the one before, so changes stand out.
The task
The terminal covers several kilometres of fence and quay. Security staff drove the perimeter twice a night and responded to alarms by sending a car.
What we did
Vinga flies four scheduled patrols a night from a hangar on the terminal, and launches on demand when an alarm is raised. Each pass is compared with the previous one, and differences are shown to the operator in the terminal’s security control room.
What came out of it
Thirty-seven alarms were verified from the air before a car was sent, most of them wildlife or weather. The operator has extended the contract to a second terminal.
“Security used to drive the perimeter twice a night. The aircraft does it four times and tells us what changed.”