Unmanned survey vessel

No crew onboard doesn’t mean no jobs for seafarers, they just move ashore and go home after their shift:

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The USV will be remotely controlled from shore – but will have many autonomous features to ensure safety and integrity of the spread. It can operate in severe weather conditions. During operations, both the USV vessel crew and ROV operators will be co-located in the same remote operating centre.

Waiting on the laws and rules to change, not the technology?