The thread Future of Ships has become too long and too diversified. Time to separate out the legal, security and operational aspects of autonomous, remote controlled or unmanned ships in the not too far future. The first question is obviously; who is responsible if and when there are an accident …

Apparently there is an illegal aspect to drone ships too… [image] Drone "narco sub" — equipped with Starlink antenna — seized for the first... It is the first reported discovery in South American waters of an unmanned semisubmersible vessel, Colombia's navy said. …

Narcos will not care for ColRegs, but even state-owned unmanned unobstrusively painted reconaissance / security drones that will be increasingly deployed in busy waters (think of baltic), potentially posing a danger for small ships / boats, may result in interesting legal deliberations, if they can …

Things are happening in the world of USVs: Reach Subsea’s USV Reach Remote 2 Sets Sail for Australia Haugesund, 26.08.2025 – Reach Subsea is proud to announce that its pioneering Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Reach Remote 2 is in route to ... [image] …

Not clear is it being shipped to Australia or its driving itself?

She hitched a ride and has arrived safely in Fremantle: [image] [image] 10K views · 124 reactions | 🚢🌏 REACH REMOTE 2 HAS ARRIVED IN PERTH! After a... 🚢🌏 REACH REMOTE 2 HAS ARRIVED IN PERTH! After a carefully planned journey from Norway, Reach Remote 2 has now arrived in Perth, Aust…

In Norway the Reach Remote 1 has operated entirely without crew for the first time: Here the ship Reach Remote sails without a crew. Photo: Reach Subsea PS: Long article from NRK (In Norwegian) with more about autonomous ships and how future seafarers see the development. (No paywall) …

That is such a small problem to worry about. These companies are not going to spend billions to create autonomous ships and not have piracy issues figured out. I imagine if someone boarded illegally there will be security measures in place to deal with them. Autonomous ships are coming maybe faster…

what percent of total costs are the humans? Relevant cost or trivial?

Think about a ship and everything on it having to do with the crew. Lifeboats, FRB, Fire Fighting ensembles, gear, galley equipment, food, staterooms, gym, lounges…..on and on. On an automonous ship it will be the engine room only. All of the navigation computers AI can go somewhere easily. Salari…

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Riviera - News Content Hub - Marine accident branch investigates collision between CTV and USV
I had not seen the incident reported anywhere - this will be interesting (cut from MAIB)…

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