| Title |
Technology and the law of the sea: maritime safety and security |
| Translation of Title |
Technologijos ir jūrų teisė: jūrų saugumas ir saugumas (apsauga) jūroje. |
| Authors |
Ejjadghi, Omar |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
74 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Maritime 1982 Law, Technology, Autonomous Ships, Cybersecurity, UNCLOS, Maritime Safety, Emerging Technologies, International Law. |
| Abstract [eng] |
This thesis has explored how emerging technologies, such as autonomous ships and cybersecurity, affect maritime safety and security according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982). This was to determine how technology has posed a challenge to current international laws and recommend needed reforms. According to the research, the doctrinal legal study was used, which employed both the case studies and secondary sources like the scholarly articles and legal documents. It found important legal issues in the jurisdiction, liability and cybersecurity. Though technology could have made maritime safety and operational considerably safer, technological advancements posed new risks that the current laws were unprepared to address. The results showed that UNCLOS and other conventions such as SOLAS (Safety of life at sea) had to be revised significantly due to the legal complexities that new autonomous vessels and the cyber threats posed. It was concluded in the thesis that international maritime law had to be reformed to keep up with these technological changes. Among the proposed reforms were the revision of legal stipulations in autonomous vessels, improved cybersecurity implementations, and fair equitable access to maritime technologies and more so to the small island developing states. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Vilniaus universitetas. |
| Type |
Master thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2026 |
