Strategic priorities of innovative transformations of maritime transportation

Abstract

World trade transformations make the variability of cargo delivery logistics more strategically significant. In order to determine sector strategic priorities the authors of the article set innovative objectives of maritime transport logistics to optimize the international shipping process. The authors justify the need for innovative decisions in modern maritime logistics based on strategic analysis of the trends in transport structure of the global cargo traffic with the consideration of competitive advantages of maritime transportation. Transformations in the international trade are considered to be one of the key trends affecting the development of transport and logistics sector. The authors make use of extensive analytical material to show the way the transformation of the world trade affects the contents of the logistic schemes of maritime cargo transportation in terms of the dynamics of its quantitative indicators, commodity and geographical structure. In accordance with the study the authors conclude that the sectoral strategic development of maritime transportation ought to correspond to the innovative type of development of intermodal transportation taking into account the crucial factor of time.