Drone delivery service kicks off to deliver items to ships near Busan Port
While the COVID-19 pandemic has impeded the transfer of goods via ship, with stricter rules to limit the number of crew members boarding and coming ashore, a small South Korean venture company is offering a new kind of delivery service using drones.
Marine Drone Tech, a drone logistics company based in Busan, is the first company in Korea to officially register a maritime drone delivery service. It received its business registration certificate from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport last week.
Established by the Marine Venture Development Center under the Korea Marine and Ocean University in September 2018, Marine Drone Tech has until now focused on research and development for drones flying above the sea, and for delivery services.