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Revolution or Evolution? Challenges Posed by Autonomous Vessels for National and International Legal Framework
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Revolution or Evolution? Challenges Posed by Autonomous Vessels for National and International Legal Framework

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  • Justyna Nawrot University of Gdańsk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-0524
  • Zuzanna Pepłowska-Dąbrowska Nicolaus Copernicus University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4348-2962

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/CLR.2019.008

Keywords

autonomous vessels, maritime law, UNCLOS, maritime code, international conventions

Abstract

The emergence of autonomous vessels raises considerable challenges from the legal perspective. Questions relate, inter alia, to their status (whether they can in fact be considered as a vessels), the possibility of their registration under respective flags, and the fulfillment of the requirements posed by international maritime law. This article commences with a short presentation of the current technological development of autonomous vessels. It discusses terminology issues, commenting on the assessments made on the International Maritime Organization’s forum. It continues with an attempt to accommodate autonomous vessels under the current legislative landscape, providing an analysis of chosen national laws as well as the international conventions.

Author Biographies

Justyna Nawrot, University of Gdańsk

Assistant professor in the Maritime Law Department, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdansk. In 2015 she was nominated a member of the Polish Codification Commission for Maritime Law. She is a vice-president of the Polish Maritime Law Association, vice editor of ‘Prawo morskie’ and an arbitrator in maritime disputes; ORCID: 0000-0003-2538-0524.

Zuzanna Pepłowska-Dąbrowska, Nicolaus Copernicus University

Assistant professor at the Maritime Law Unit of the Law and Administration Faculty at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Between 2015 and 2019 she was a member of the Polish Codification Commission for Maritime Law. She is a vice-president of the Polish Maritime Law Association, a member of the Maritime Law Commission’s board, and an arbitrator in maritime disputes; ORCID: 0000-0003-4348-2962.

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2019-12-30

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NAWROT, Justyna and PEPŁOWSKA-DĄBROWSKA, Zuzanna. Revolution or Evolution? Challenges Posed by Autonomous Vessels for National and International Legal Framework. Comparative Law Review. Online. 30 December 2019. Vol. 25, pp. 239-255. [Accessed 18 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/CLR.2019.008.
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