1. The Dawn of autonomous shipping
Captain Angus MC Donald, FNI,
will review the Status of Current International Research Projects

2. 2018 is seeing rapid movement to remote control and autonomous ships
2018 is seeing rapid movement to remote control and autonomous ships. Pilot projects are being planned in Europe and Asia; demonstrations of technology are on-going worldwide, and, the International Maritime Organization has begun a regulatory scoping exercise. These initiatives will eventually affect Canadian mariners and Canadian waters.

3. Pilot Projects are planned and in some cases already under way in Europe and Asia.
IMO Adds Autonomous Ships to its Agenda and had started a Scoping Exercise on the necessary Regulatory changes that will be required .

4. Following a proposal by a number of countries to include autonomous ships on its agenda, the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) will start to establish a new international legal framework for the safe operation of these vessels.
The Proposal submitted by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, United Kingdom, and the US.

5. Angus comments on Integration of “Crew-less” ships in LEX MARITIMA
A Paper from Southampton University in UK

6. Who is in Command?
Ref: UNCLOS, SOLAS

7. COLLISION REGULATIONS
AND
AUTONOMOUS SHIPS

8. American Bureau of Shipping
CYBER SECURITY
American Bureau of Shipping

9. First Cyber – Safe Certified Ships Delivered
Classed by Lloyds Registry of Shipping

10. Reference to Studies by Norway “The Day of the Unmanned Ship is Here”
and
“Legal Implications”
University of Oslo

11. Reference to Studies By Denmark “A Pre – Analysis on Autonomous Ships”
and
“Analysis of Regulatory Barriers”

12. Last words – From Seafarers through Nautilus International
“Seafarers could see a transformation amid the new generation of high-tech vessels.”
“Where there are seafarers on ships, they will be in small numbers, but will be highly trained and specialists.”
“Traditional divisions of deck and engine room departments may well go and there are big questions about how social life onboard may be affected by these changes”