https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/china-evtol-offshore-rig-delivery
World’s first two-ton electric cargo aircraft cuts 10-hour trip to under 1 hour
- This Chinese heavy-lift drone is a game changer for offshore missions.
Updated: Aug 04, 2025 08:42 AM EST
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China has completed what it calls the world’s first offshore oil-platform cargo mission by a two-ton electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
The unmanned V2000CG CarryAll took off from the coastal city of Shenzhen on Sunday, carried fresh fruit and emergency medical supplies across open water for 58 minutes, and touched down 150 kilometers (about 93 miles) away on a China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) platform.
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From ten-hour boat runs to one-hour drone hops
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Taken together, the advances point to a logistics sector on the verge of rapid change. Long-haul trucking and maritime shuttles remain indispensable for bulk freight, but heavy-lift eVTOLs offer a new middle ground. They are faster than ships, cheaper and cleaner than helicopters, and can reach small landing pads or parking-lot “vertiports” that fixed-wing aircraft cannot.
The Shenzhen-to-rig mission is expected to become regular sorties carrying maintenance parts, food, and medical kits. At the same time, the sale of the first fully certified V2000CG CarryAll signals the beginning of commercial deployment for large-scale eVTOL operations in real-world logistics environments.
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I’ve often thought that the Gooferment, private industry, or some tech mogul could spark innovation here in the USA by offering something like “Nobel Prizes” for a SPIRO (Specific, Performance or results, Involvement or support, Realistic, Observable) achievement.
I’m not sure that the dollar amount would be as motivating as the prestige of winning it.
Someone should give DJT4547 a list of what would be EPIC HEROIC accomplishments. Like the various awards that are given out, for BEST of something.
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.”” — RFK
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country” — John F. Kennedy inaugural address
Use the “bully pulpit” to inspire action.
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