Investigation into safety acceptance principles for autonomous ships

Victor Bolbot, Bergström, Martin, Marko Rahikainen and Osiris A. Valdez Banda

Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2025, vol. 257, issue PA

Abstract: Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) are expected to be introduced in the maritime industry with non-mandatory MASS code adoption due in 2026. However, there is still ambiguity regarding the acceptance principles that can be applicable to MASS and effective ways to use them as part of assurance process. In this paper three different types of safety acceptance principles, namely,

Keywords: Autonomous ships; Acceptance principles and criteria; Goal-Based Standards; Maritime regulations; Ethics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2025.110810

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