{"id":63936,"date":"2025-08-12T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/63936\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:19:09","slug":"lloyds-register-certifies-unmanned-vessel-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/63936\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd’s Register Certifies Unmanned Vessel in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Lloyd's<\/p>\n


\n\tLloyd\u2019s Register has been authorised to certify unmanned vessels in the UK.<\/p>\n

\n\tLloyd’s Register (LR) has issued the UK’s first certification for an unmanned vessel of Acua Ocean, making it the first vessel to receive certification under Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3) Annex 2.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe certification follows the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s 2023 introduction of WBC3 requirements, which set safety and operational standards for such craft, LR said in an emailed statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\n\tLR was given authorisation by the coastguard to certify remotely operated and unmanned vessels in July.<\/p>\n

\n\tWBC3 is a UK rulebook that sets safety standards for small commercial vessels under 24 m, including remote-controlled and unmanned ones, operating in UK waters.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis certification represents a major step forward \u2013 not just for ACUA Ocean or LR, but for the wider UK maritime industry.<\/p>\n

\n\t“It proves that certification of small, complex ROUVs under Annex 2 is achievable and sets a precedent for others in the industry to follow,” Anderson Chaplow, principal specialist at LR, said.<\/p>\n

\n\t“It also shows what’s possible when developers, regulators and classification societies collaborate to bring emerging technologies safely into operation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lloyd\u2019s Register has been authorised to certify unmanned vessels in the UK. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[41079,41080,41081,41083,41086,41082,41085,49,48,36842,41084,41087,14829,41088,61,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-63936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-alternative-fuel-marine-power","9":"tag-bunker","10":"tag-bunker-fuel","11":"tag-bunker-indications","12":"tag-bunker-news","13":"tag-bunker-prices","14":"tag-bunkering","15":"tag-ca","16":"tag-canada","17":"tag-decarbonization","18":"tag-marine-fuel","19":"tag-marine-news","20":"tag-prices","21":"tag-shipping-news","22":"tag-technology","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}