Autonomous ships 11 December 2019 BIMCO's position on "autonomous ships" has been approved by the BIMCO Board of Directors. BIMCO statement Maritime digitalisation Autonomous ships
Cyber risk and autonomous ships 30 April 2019 BIMCO has submitted four papers to the Maritime Safety Committee. The papers discuss how autonomous ships should be tried before they are allowed to operate, and that cyber risk management should be part of the ship’s Safety Management System. News story Safety Navigation Security Cyber security Autonomous ships
IMO starts work to identify Autonomous Ships regulation 19 June 2019 The IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) considered the ongoing scoping exercise to identify affected IMO regulations by Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) at its 101st session in which the Maritime Technology & Regulation and Security departments represented BIMCO. News story Safety Autonomous ships Maritime digitalisation
BIMCO to highlight autonomous ships and 2020 fuel challenges at IMO 30 November 2018 BIMCO and industry partners will contribute to constructive discussions of a number of important topics such as guidelines for autonomous ships and 2020 fuel challenges at the 100th session of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 100) in London on 3 – 7 December 2018. News story Autonomous ships Environment 2020 sulphur cap
BIMCO Autonomous Ships Seminar 18 February 2019 The aim of the BIMCO Autonomous Ships Seminar is to identify the shipowners’ views on this topic, which is currently being driven by manufacturers. Insurance Maritime digitalisation Navigation Safety Security
BIMCO President speaks about opportunities and threats for shipping from digitalisation including stressing the human element 28 September 2017 The BIMCO President Mr Papagiannopoulos highlighted the main opportunities and threats for shipping coming from digitalisation at the 3rd ShipIT conference in Athens on 27 September 2017. The opportunities and threats include the admin burden on board ships, autonomous ships, blockchain, cyber risk management and not least the human elements of all these issues. Priority news Crew support Safety Security Contract
IMO pave the way for future autonomous shipping 15 May 2018 For the first time, IMO will discuss the maritime autonomous ships. The use of autonomous ships – or so-called unmanned ships - will create the need for a regulatory framework for such ships and their interaction and co-existence with manned ships. News story Safety Cargo Security
Preventing pest container contamination 16 June 2017 Preventing pest container contamination was one of the many items discussed at IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 98). Cyber risk management, autonomous ships, security and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments were also on the agenda. News story Safety Cargo Security
MSC 98 will consider the future for unmanned shipping 02 June 2017 For the first time, IMO will discuss the maritime autonomous ships. The use of autonomous ships – or so-called unmanned ships - will create the need for a regulatory framework for such ships and their interaction and co-existence with manned ships. News story Safety Security
Revised emergency response procedures for ships carrying dangerous goods 25 May 2018 Revised emergency response procedures for ships carrying dangerous goods was one of the many items discussed at IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 99). Autonomous ships, security and adoption of amendments to mandatory instruments were also on the agenda. News story Safety Cargo Security
