Case Study: Plimsoll saves 17 days on ship inspections with Flyability's Elios drones

Plimsoll saves 17 days per ship inspection with Flyability

Plimsoll, an engineering company in Brazil, faced the significant challenge of performing mandatory ship hull inspections, which were traditionally slow, costly, and dangerous. These inspections required teams of rope access inspectors to work for weeks inside dark, confined tanks filled with hazardous gases. To address this, Plimsoll turned to Flyability and implemented its Elios drone for use in confined spaces.

Using the Flyability Elios drone, a team of two was able to inspect six tanks in a single day instead of the 18 days previously required. This solution saved their clients 17 days of vessel downtime and $20,000 in direct manpower costs per inspection, while also eliminating the need for scaffolding and greatly improving worker safety by removing the need for humans to enter the dangerous spaces. Flyability's technology provided the detailed visual data needed for class society approvals, establishing a new standard for efficiency and safety in maritime inspections.

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