Legal Issues for Realizing Autonomous Ship Operation

自律運航実現に向けた法的課題

Certain types of automation technology for navigation supporting is widely accepted in maritime industries. Furthermore, interest in autonomous ship operation has been growing from the view point of safety requirement. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT) has developed a semi-autonomous ship which is operated remotely using long range Wi-Fi and can autonomously operate under conditions of wireless link disconnect. Throughout the development and operation planning process, discussions have been held between TUMSAT and government authorities relating to the establishment of laws and regulations to govern the operation of remotely controlled and autonomous marine vessels. In this paper, case studies and legal issues to be solved by collaboration of legal and engineering are presented.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.9749/jin.136.152
• Record URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Legal%20Issues%20for%20Realizing%20Autonomous%20Ship%20Operation&author=A.%20UMEDA&author=E.%20SHIMIZU&publication_year=2017
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• Authors:
  • Umeda, Ayako
  • Shimizu, Etsuro
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English
• Japanese

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 152-159
• Serial:
  • The Journal of Japan Institute of Navigation
  • Volume: 136
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Japan Institute of Navigation
  • ISSN: 0388-7405
  • EISSN: 2187-3275
  • Serial URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jin/-char/en

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Autonomous vehicle guidance; Legal factors; Marine safety; Regulation; Remote control; Ship navigational aids; Ship pilotage
• Subject Areas: Law; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01647111
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
• Files: TRIS, JSTAGE
• Created Date: Jul 1 2017 3:10PM