Abdelrahman Anwar Abdelhady, MBA, M.Sc.

The key challenges facing the salvage and wreck removal industries are the unpredictable weather and sea conditions along with the massive increase in ship sizes, cargo on-board and the unclear knowledge of the ship infrastructure. All of which leads to a longer time for salvors to deal with the causality and exposes them to life-threatening risks and elevated salvage costs. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are currently able to provide real-time data in salvage operations including the inspection of physical structures, identification of buoys, pipes, docks, breakwater cranes etc. calculation of (bulk) volumetric mass inventory, detection of irregular situations, leaks or abnormalities through sensors, provide accurate and quick detection of ship location and/or contamination, search and rescue operations and seabed mapping and surveying, especially when adding a GPS/INS sensors. These missions are accomplished without the need to risk salvors lives in hazardous situations