United Kingdom, Aug. 13 -- Lloyd's Register (LR) has issued the UK's first certification for a remotely operated and unmanned vessel (ROUV) under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3) Annex 2, with hydrogen-powered PIONEER from ACUA Ocean becoming the first vessel to achieve compliance.Introduced by the MCA in December 2023, the WBC3 requirements set out safety and operational standards for ROUVs operating in UK waters. LR was the first certifying authority to be authorised by the MCA to issue certificates under Annex 2 and now becomes the first to complete a full certification process for an operational ROUV. The certification supports PIONEER's upcoming sea trials under the UK Clean Maritime Demonstrato...