Legal Regulation of Maritime Logistics in the Context of the Emergence of New IT-Technologies in the Digital Age

Abstract

The article is devoted to the development of Maritime logistics in the twenty-first century. The twenty-first century is characterized as the “digital Age”. Digital technologies are rapidly being implemented in all spheres of human life. Today, the participants of the logistics market show great interest in digital production and logistics. This is primarily due to the fact that IT-technologies are rapidly developing, providing new opportunities and thus facilitate the transportation of goods to customers with the possibility of saving time and reducing logistics costs. In terms of competitiveness, many participants in the international and domestic logistics market have introduced and are already using different types of digital technologies. However, it need to be consider, that this new phenomenon requires detailed analysis, development, legislative consolidation and practical implementation in the transport industry. Today, it is especially important to take into account the scope of international legal sources regulating digital technologies, as the practical application of digital logistics should find legislative consolidation.

Keywords

• maritime transport logistics as one of the most efficient and fast ways of cargo transportation
• legal regulation of maritime logistics
• the emergence of new digital technologies in transport logistics
• electronic bill of lading
• verification
• the concept of uber-service and its application
• technological aggregators
• modern the principle of the work of marine forwarding companies in conditions of verification
• the technology of blockage
• smart contracts