Yard inventory scan
Sweeps the container yard, RoRo lot, and trailer pool. AI matches every unit to the terminal operating system manifest while flagging broken seals, pried doors, and tamper indicators on stacked boxes.
Port-scale activity,
continuously seen.
Container terminals and bulk operations move millions of euros of freight daily. Real-time visibility, theft prevention, equipment monitoring, and automated volumetrics. All at port scale.
Container yard reconciliation, equipment thermal, perimeter coverage. We cover land and water side both. ISPS-aligned, customer-facing imagery delivered in real time.
2×/d
Aerial yard inventory cadence
2nm
AIS-triggered berthing radius
24/7
Land & water-side perimeter
APPROACH
From scheduled rounds to continuous intelligence.
Aerion provides continuous monitoring of container yards, bulk handling areas, and equipment infrastructure. AI-powered counting verifies container inventory at TEU-level accuracy. Equipment thermal monitoring catches handling failures early. Bulk substance volumetrics support billing and customs. Perimeter security operates around the clock across the land and water side.
MISSION CATALOG
Eight recurring missions across container, bulk, and quay operations.
Berthing event overflight
Triggers on AIS arrival within 2 nm. Documents approach, mooring lines, and pilot disembark. Stored against the call record.
Quay & fender inspection
Close-range visual and thermal of fenders, bollards, dolphins, and quay-wall waterline. Cavitation, scour, and bollard tilt flagged before failure.
Container thermal scan
Reefer plug-in coverage and container hot-spot detection across reefer stacks. Flags refrigeration failure and door-seal hot spots.
Perimeter & water-side patrol
Land perimeter plus water-side approaches. Person, small craft, and unauthorized vehicle detection with timestamped evidence.
Bulk pile volumetric
Photogrammetric volume calc on bulk and aggregate piles. Tonnage report cross-referenced to weighbridge for billing and customs.
Basin thermal & spill watch
Radiometric sweep of the harbour basin, fuel jetties, and stormwater outfalls. Surfaces hydrocarbon sheens, bilge discharges, and thermal plumes against the cold water baseline before they spread.
Post-storm berth survey
Triggers after gale or surge events. Rapid overflight of berths, gantry rails, warehouse roofs, and shore power pedestals to flag lifted panels, displaced cranes, and structural movement before reopening.
DEPLOYMENT TIER
Two ways to subscribe.
Shared
Network service
For ports and terminals within Aerion network range. Multi-customer node infrastructure. Standard yard, perimeter, and berthing cadence. Faster onboarding.
Dedicated
Private network
Dedicated node for container terminals requiring twice-daily inventory scans, 24/7 perimeter coverage, and rapid berthing-event response. 8-12 week deployment.
WHAT WE DETECT
Continuous detection across the operational envelope. Findings flagged in your dashboard with audit-grade evidence trails.
DETECTION · 01
TOS yard reconciler
Matches every container, swap-body, and trailer to the terminal operating system manifest. Surfaces missing, mis-stowed, or ghost units.
DETECTION · 02
ISPS zone monitor
Person and vehicle classification inside ISPS-controlled zones. Real-time alert with thumbnail and last-known track.
DETECTION · 03
Reefer-stack temperature watcher
Per-container thermal baseline across reefer rows. Flags plug-out, refrigeration failure, and door-seal hot spots.
DETECTION · 04
Bulk-pile volumetrics
Photogrammetric volume calc on aggregate, peat, grain, and woodchip piles. Tonnage report cross-referenced to weighbridge.
DETECTION · 05
Quay & fender inspector
Cavitation, scour, bollard tilt, and fender-pad damage flagged from weekly close-range visuals.
DETECTION · 06
Vessel-draft analyser
Compares observed draft against declared. Surfaces declaration mismatches and trim anomalies on arrival.
DETECTION · 07
RoRo-flow tracker
Cargo movement on RoRo lots and trailer pools. Surfaces stalled units, gate-queue backups, and loading-zone congestion before they cascade into capacity bottlenecks.
DETECTION · 08
Water-side intrusion AI
Small-craft, swimmer, and unauthorised approach detection on the water side of the perimeter.
INTEGRATION STACK
Drops into the systems your terminal already runs.
CAPABILITY
What each node delivers
- 10 km service radius per node
- Continuous operations through Nordic winters (−30 °C)
- Weather-rated for outdoor deployment
- Multi-sensor capture: visual, thermal, photogrammetry, AIS receiver
- BVLOS-ready under EU specific category
- Real-time AI flagging on every flight
- EU data residency, GDPR, NIS2
INTEGRATES WITH
Your operations stack
- TOS (Navis, CATOS, OPUS)
- AIS receivers and port community systems
- YMS and customs documentation
- VMS (Genetec, Milestone) for terminal SOC
- Custom APIs and webhooks
REGULATORY EDGE
Operating from inside the EU's only U-space sandbox.
Tartu, Estonia operates the EU's only fully-operational U-space regulatory sandbox. Aerion operates inside this framework, compressing BVLOS approval cycles that take 12-24 months elsewhere in Europe to weeks for our customers.
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