Role in AUTOSHIP:

As waterway manager, De Vlaamse Waterweg (DVW) is responsible for the regional legislation concerning inland shipping. In AUTOSHIP, DVW will provide permission to test the Barge in the relevant Flemish waterways environment (WP5), will have a key role in the research on future legal requirements for unmanned vessels on the inland waterways (WP7) and the current legal gaps to enable unmanned shipping on the inland waterways (WP2). DVW will also be crucial in the roadmapping (WP8), having tested the outcomes of the AUTOSHIP research in the relevant Flemish environment.