An automated ship, whether partically or fully automated must contain the capability of conforming to the applicable international regulations prescribed for the navigation of vessels on the high seas. This capability must include a sophistication sufficient to enable the ship to respond as a conventional vessel would have done in special circumstances not explicitly covered by the Rules to Prevent Collisions at Sea and also to enable the ship to react in accordance with the rules of good seamanship. In the case of the partially automated ships, no very substantial changes in statute or regulation are likely to be necessitated. However, if total automation becomes an imminent technical concept, substantial changes in a great variety of statutes, regulations, and treaties are inevitable. Manning, crew and officer competence, watches, collision rules, various duties of the master, mates and crews, entry, clearance, and other areas will be greatly altered by the absence of a master, officer officers, and crew. (Author)


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    Title :

    Merchant Ship Automation Study. Legal Implications of Automation


    Contributors:
    C. T. Clayton (author) / L. Botwin (author)

    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    76 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English