MASS and Humans Interlinked: Errors, Skills, Training, and Job Market

Contrary to early beliefs, maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) will not displace humans from their multifaceted involvement in maritime transportation. Rather, human roles will change with the progressing implementation of MASS but will remain crucial for ensuring the safety and operability of shipping. These potential changes, along with their impact and far-reaching implications on seafarers’ training and the job market, are herein discussed. With MASS being, to date, far from their wide-scale implementation, there are still more open questions than definite and verifiable answers. The discussion raised in this chapter may be found interesting by all parties engaged in introducing MASS to the marine industry, the Maritime Education and Training (MET) representatives, and, finally, the most interested actors of the maritime market—current seafarers.