Abstract
Abstract This article presents selected legal, industry, and ethical issues raised by autonomous vessels (MASS). The issues selected are deemed important on the basis of the work done at the International Maritime Organization level, literature and/or the practice of MASS. Such issues revolve around the defi-nition of a vessel, seaworthiness, the presence of a crew and master on board a vessel, the Polar Code and MASS (legal concerns) and the presence of smart ports (industry concerns). Another aspect of MASS discussed are the ethical concerns they raise, such as invasion of privacy, lack of trans-parency, non-discrimination, and accountability due to the technology they use. The issues treated are not exhaustive in number or content and are not specific to a geographical region. However, since they are of interest to Canada, Canadian laws and/or case law or initiatives are often touched upon. The objective is to give to the reader a glimpse into the highly diver-sified regulatory (legal and ethical) and industry issues raised by MASS and to make some suggestions about how to deal with them in the future.
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