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AUTONOMOUS VESSELS the IMO’s goal-based standards or the Risk assessments are the key to an Approval In Principle can be issued.

Naval Ship Code. identifying the technical risks asso- The AIP is a key milestone in the class ciated with new technologies. They approval process; it attests that the novel

New Technology Screening should target hazards associated with concept in this technology complies

The next step is to identify new tech- the overall SoS based on the speci