Bureau Veritas conducts successful proof of concept for corrosion detection powered by artificial intelligence Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC), has successfully proven the value of deploying its artificial intelligence (AI) solution for corrosion detection during a hull inspection of a water ballast tank on a bulk carrier by an aerial drone. The test was conducted in partnership with the RIT operator, MaDfly Marine Drone Services Ltd, in Dunkirk, France. Bureau Veritas successfully tested the use of the AI solution in real survey conditions. During the hull inspection, BV confirmed the value of the solution to support the decision of the surveyor during his general visual inspection and close-up survey of the hull in a number of important ways: