Full Description
While the technology on crewless ships (Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships, MASS) develops rapidly, the legal framework requires revisions to accommodate this new phenomenon. Although there is a broad understanding that there are no substantial barriers to the operation of MASS in legal terms, there is a need for a thorough revision process to provide for a proper regulatory framework. Future regulation should be based on several principles, including protecting the rights of victims of MASS operations and preserving the maritime environment, but, on the other hand, it should not hinder the development of technology and new industries. This book proposes regulatory solutions to the problems arising from MASS operations, carefully balancing the interests of many, at times new, parties involved.
Consisting of four parts, the book opens with chapters describing the most recent developments at the forums of international organizations. The second part contains chapters that elaborate on specific issues arising from work done at international organizations, providing some solutions to emerging questions, including topics of the UNCLOS genuine link requirement for the Remote Operations Centres (ROCs), security issues, master of the MASS and environmental aspects. The third part concerns liability and insurance issues. The fourth part gathers chapters that comment upon different issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in control of the MASS.
This book is written for policy makers on different levels (international and national), national maritime administrations, practitioners in maritime law, insurers of maritime risks, maritime legal scholars, artificial intelligence scholars, and advanced students of maritime law courses.
Contents
PART I ACTIVITIES AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
1. REGULATORY CHALLENGES LINKED TO MASS 2. LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MASS REGULATION AT THE IMO 3. EU and MASS 4. CMI AND MASS PART II DISCUSSION ON EMERGING ISSUES ARISING FROM THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES 5. THE JURISDICTIONAL REACH OF FLAG STATES OVER REMOTE OPERATION CENTRES 6. AUTONOMOUS SHIPS - DO WE NEED A MASS MASTER? 7. MASS AND STCW - EMERGING PROBLEMS WITH REFERENCE TO SEAFARERS 8. NEXT-GENERATION AUTONOMOUS VESSELS AND THE IMO'S DECARBONIZATION GOALS: AN OVERVIEW 9. MASS AND INTERNATIONAL MARITIME SECURITY LAW 10. UNMANNED VESSELS: MARITIME SECURITY AND THE UK'S GOAL OF PROACTIVE LEGISLATION 11. PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE IMO's REGULATORY SCOPING EXERCISES - PATHS TO TAKE PART III INSURANCE AND LIABILITY REGIME FOR MASS 12. SOME THOUGHTS ON THE INSURANCE OF AUTONOMOUS SHIP 13. MASS AND THE LLMC: EXAMINING THE LIMITS OF THE CONVENTION'S APPLICABILITY 14. AI, AI CAPTAIN, MASS LIABILITY AHOY PART IV MASS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR MASS - DILEMMAS AND SOLUTIONS 15. LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY AUTONOMOUS SHIPS IN THE LIGHT OF THE EU FRAMEWORK ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 16. INHUMAN ETHICS? LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MARITIME SECTOR 17. NAVIGATING AUTONOMY WITH HUMAN CONTROL: REGULATORY APPROACHES FOR AUTONOMOUS SHIPPING IN JAPAN AND KOREA
