Directions of Development of Port-Industrial Complexes in Russia in the Digital Era

Abstract

AbstractThe development of the port and industrial complexes (PIC) has become large-scale. The changes cover a significant number of major ports around the world. Ports are points of territorial growth and channels of integration into the world economy. The development of the port and industrial complexes as a complex territorial and industrial entity has its own peculiarities in Russia and abroad. The complexity of port and industrial complexes (as an object of management) is caused by a combination of many factors: industry, corporate, logistics, infrastructure, institutional, biological, geographical, etc. This leads to the need for an interdisciplinary study. Therefore, a multidimensional approach and an adequate methodological framework are required. Research on the development of the first port and industrial complexes in Russia shows that the institutional environment is not ready for such territorial and industrial projects. This work is devoted to the definition and systematization of the development directions of Russian port-industrial complexes. The research is based on the system economic theory in the digital age. In this paper, the main directions of development of PIC were considered from the point of view of organizational, managerial, and information technology aspects. The research focuses on the concept of “smart digital ports”, based on the digital circuit Board and IoT. When implementing information technology projects based on PIC, it is proposed to use the project management methodology. Managing port digitalization projects will allow port and industrial complexes to adapt to the digital age and significantly increase the efficiency of business processes.KeywordsPort and industrial complexesIntelligent digital portSystem economic theoryInformation and technology projectsAutomation of container terminals