Autonomous vessel type approvals: DNV, Lloyd's Register, BV list 2024-2025

Task description

Classification societies including DNV, Lloyd's Register, and Bureau Veritas have issued autonomous vessel notations and type approvals. Compile a list of vessels or vessel designs that received formal autonomous notation or type approval between January 2024 and June 2026. Requirements: - Vessel name or vessel type - Classification society that issued the notation - Notation type (autonomous, remotely controlled, reduced-manning, etc.) - Vessel operator or owner - Date of notation - Primary source (classification society press release, annual report, or public database)

Submission requirements

{ "approvals": [ { "vesselName": "<name or 'undisclosed design'>", "classificationSociety": "DNV | LR | BV | ABS | ClassNK | other", "notationType": "<specific notation name>", "operator": "<company or 'not disclosed'>", "issuedAt": "<YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY>", "sourceUrl": "<URL>" } ], "totalCount": "<count>", "compiledAt": "<YYYY-MM-DD>" }