News.mc: FLYDE prepares to launch drone deliveries at sea
News.mc, one of Monaco’s leading English-language news publications, covered FLYDE’s upcoming commercial launch in an article published on July 25th, 2026 by journalist Ross Povey, ahead of our first operational flights on August 1st.
The article positions FLYDE as a French Riviera technology company set to transform maritime logistics. News.mc reports on FLYDE’s successful test flights from the breakwater at Monaco’s Port Hercule and highlights that our Roquebrune-Cap-Martin-based team will initially operate from Port de Golfe-Juan, delivering packages to pleasure boats anchored up to 10 kilometres offshore. Payloads can weigh up to eight kilograms per flight — from groceries and flowers to urgent medicines and everyday essentials.
The publication emphasizes the operational shift FLYDE brings: replacing the traditional system where crew members travel by tender to collect supplies from the harbour. Using fully electric drones, deliveries can be completed faster than conventional methods while producing no direct emissions, delivering both environmental and operational benefits to yacht owners and captains.
News.mc also underlines FLYDE’s positioning as a complement to — rather than a replacement of — existing maritime logistics providers. Supply agents will be able to book deliveries through a dedicated online platform, with drones completing the final stage directly to vessels at sea. The article closes on FLYDE’s growth trajectory: founder Pierre Deyris and his five-person team have secured the necessary operating authorization for Golfe-Juan and plan to expand to Monaco and other Mediterranean ports, with a further boost expected in September when FLYDE joins MonacoTech, the Principality’s startup incubator.