Summer Student - Maritime Regulatory Affairs
Posted 17 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Summer Student 2027 - Maritime Regulatory Affairs”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Contract
- Internship
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyArtificial Intelligence, Data Science, Economics, Engineering, Law, Maritime Policy, Sustainability (or related)
Study levelBachelor's or higher
With 15,000 employees operating in more than 100 countries, DNV is a leading expert in risk management and assurance. Driven by our purpose to safeguard life, property and the environment, we provide customers and stakeholders with facts and reliable insights for confident decision-making.
Regulatory Affairs plays a vital role for DNV Maritime and its customers in a period of rapid change and increasing regulatory complexity. We monitor international regulations and standards in organisations such as IMO, ILO, the EU and IACS contribute to their development, and share regulatory insight internally and externally.
We are now looking for students who are ready to start their journey with us in the summer 2027.
What will you work on:
- You will support Regulatory Affairs in transforming regulatory developments into clear, customer-relevant compliance insights. You will also investigate how regulatory information and policy updates can be structured to better support AI-enabled processes.
Future maritime regulation insights
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Reviewing and improving the information structure and how regulatory developments are monitored.
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Mapping developments to relevant ship segments.
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Exploring how developments can be translated into customer-facing information through tools such as Compliance Planner
AI for Regulatory Affairs
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Testing AI-assisted approaches for summarising, categorising and analysing regulatory information.
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Evaluating strengths and limitations and developing prompts and workflows for recurring tasks.
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Investigating how policy updates can be structured to better support AI-enabled processes.
The areas of deeper exploration
- The work above can be applied to one or both of the following regulatory areas, depending on your background and interests
The future of green shipping
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Following developments related to IMO and EU climate and environmental policies.
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Comparing international and European approaches, identifying upcoming milestones and assessing implications for different stakeholders and ship segments.
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Translating developments into briefing materials and presentations through digital and AI-enabled workflows.
Digital shipping
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Following developments related to autonomous shipping, maritime cyber security and facilitation.