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Are we ready for autonomous vessels?

With the latest amendments to the Croatian Maritime Code, made at the beginning of 2019, "autonomous vessels" made the entrance to the Croatian maritime law. However, the legislator decided to include only the definition of autonomous vessels in the Code, which raises the question of whether the amendment made this way makes any sense. Given the accelerated development of new technologies and the fact that international maritime organizations are working intensively on adapting existing international maritime conventions in the context of the emergence of "autonomous vessels" (of different categories and degrees of autonomy), this paper addresses the phenomena of their inclusion in Croatian legislation. Furthermore, the author analyses the current state of legal regulation of autonomous vessels worldwide and gives recommendations for possible solutions in relation to regulating liability issues in connection to this new kind of vessels in the future.

autonomous vessels, unmanned ship, Croatian Maritime Code

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