Public policy recommendations for a new European waterborne transport system

Report investigating how introduction of innovative technologies proposed by AEGIS might disrupt present practise and drafting proposal for regulatory solutions to accommodate automation in short-sea shipping based also on the outcomes of the use-cases, focussing on three important policy dimensions: a)Security, providing alternative scenarios for issues raised pertaining to the ISPS Code; b)taxation, providing alternative means of prompting transition from road to water and introducing the option of investing in autonomous/unmanned vessels; c)standardization, ensuring that all parties involved in the logistics chain, including public authorities, share a common language with respect to autonomous maritime transport.