# Maritime Drone Delivery in Galveston

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-drone-delivery-in-galveston/50830>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [March 6, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-drone-delivery-in-galveston/50830 "2019-03-06T22:44:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![\_sea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/_sea/32/4329_2.png) [@\_sea](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/_sea)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-drone-delivery-in-galveston/50830/1 "2019-03-06T22:44:46Z")

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I feel like a while back I read about a startup that tested maritime drone delivery in Galveston… not sure if it was here on gCaptain or in broader tech community blogs. I know the MPA is active in Singapore and Maersk has done their pilots as well… but I can’t seem to find any sources on this in the US.

If anyone recalls this from approximately two years ago - please let me know!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-drone-delivery-in-galveston/50830/2 "2019-03-06T23:43:11Z")

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Wilhemsen Ships Service and Airbus have paired up to offer drone delivery to ships at anchor, or passing through Singapore Strait without stopping or slowing:

> **[Wilhelmsen Ships Service lifts off with Airbus, bringing drone delivery to one...](https://www.wilhelmsen.com/media-news-and-events/press-releases/2018/wilhelmsen-ships-service-lifts-off-with-airbus-bringing-drone-delivery-to-one-of-the-worlds-busiest-ports/)**
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> Pairing Wilhelmsen’s extensive ships agency expertise and robust safety standards, with Airbus' expertise in aeronautical vertical lift solutions, the Agency by Air project brings shore-to-ship drone delivery to one of the busiest ports in the world,...

With the support and funding from MPA Singapore:

> **[Singapore Funds Wilhelmsen’s Drone Delivery Project](https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/258541/singapore-funds-wilhelmsens-drone-delivery-project/)**
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> Singapore selected Wilhelmsen as a maritime partner for shore-to-ship drone delivery project.

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**Author:** ![DeepSeaDiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/deepseadiver/32/21_2.png) [@DeepSeaDiver](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DeepSeaDiver)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-drone-delivery-in-galveston/50830/3 "2019-03-07T02:42:38Z")

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Can I ask you @_sea? Why are you even interested in this subject?

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/maritime-drone-delivery-in-galveston/50830/4 "2019-03-15T12:12:49Z")

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First commercial delivery from shore to a ship at the anchorage in Singapore has been successfully completed by WWS and Airbus:

> **[Wilhelmsen and Airbus trial world’s first commercial drone deliveries to...](https://splash247.com/wilhelmsen-and-airbus-trial-worlds-first-commercial-drone-deliveries-to-vessels-at-anchorage/)**
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> Launching this week in partnership with Airbus, Wilhelmsen’s shore-to-ship Singapore pilot project, marks the first deployment of drone technology in real-time port conditions, delivering a variety of small, time-critical items to working vessels at...

  
The big test will be drone delivery to a vessel under way in Singapore Strait, yet to be conduced.