Title:
Boon or Curse: A Detailed Reaction on Autonomous System Being Implemented in Shipping Sectors

Authors:
Munia Alam Labonno*, Kazi Mohiuddin

Abstract:

With shipping being one of the primary transportation systems for both people and goods, technological updates to it have become a necessity for humans to lead a better and more convenient day-to-day life. Due to this, integration automation in shipping is being highly introduced by tech enthusiasts. However, the existing studies regarding this integration often focus on the technical side, rather than its impact on human life. The primary purpose of this study is to analyse how different professionals from the shipping sector are reacting to the automated ships. A customised demographic questionnaire had been used to collect data from maritime professionals. While the analysis part was mainly focused on figuring out connections between different questions answered and deriving hypotheses. The key findings were mostly about the certain parts of the population who are said to be affected or being benefited according to the participants and what type of review they are providing in terms of this transformation. While not discussing technical parts, this study mainly focuses on evaluating human acceptance and the reason behind it. It can help to uncover some issues that remained unnoticed and enhance the smoothness and speed of the transformation.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.51505/ijaemr.2026.1102