ABSTRACT
This final chapter deals with the insurance aspect of unmanned ships.
This study took as the basis and the starting point, the Marine Insurance Act 1906.
The basic problem appeared to be twofold: there is not one interest to be insured, namely the unmanned ship, which did not seem to present unsurmountable problems, but there is the control centre, wherein lies the actual problem, and which although not exposed to perils of the sea is, by definition, responsible for averting the perils of the sea the unmanned ship will encounter. The control centre is not a part or an extension of the ship, therefore apparently cannot be covered with a marine (H&M) insurance, but nevertheless occupies a central position in unmanned ship operations.
Additionally, different levels/degrees of automation and the required alterations between them during voyages were examined from the standpoint of insurance.
