Development of Maritime Passenger Services in the Black Sea Basin

Abstract

The article discusses the problems and directions of the development of sea passenger communications in the Black Sea basin. To improve their quality and efficiency, it is proposed to create a new body - a single logistics center for the collection and issuance of documentation, which will speed up the processing of passenger traffic through the ports of Georgia and increase the competitiveness of the sections. multimodal transport corridor of Georgia. The article mentions that all procedures can be simplified by creating a new body - the “Unified Logistics Center for the Collection and Issuance of Documentation.” To this center, the forwarder will provide in advance all the necessary documents for the opening of a new sea passenger transportation to various third-party organizations related to sea port control services and logistics procedures. In the future, all documents received from the center will be automatically sent to the place of request. All document management operations can be carried out via the Internet. According to the author, all regulatory services should work with data from the “Unified Logistics Center for the Collection and Issuance of Documentation.” To do this, it is necessary to create a unified network of exchange and free access to all necessary documents. The author notes that control services, as a rule, require that all documents be certified by the seals of organizations and the signatures of managers. As a rule, performing all these procedures takes a lot of time. Therefore, according to the author, to simplify the procedure and save time, it is necessary to introduce the practice of certifying all documents with an electronic signature and the seal of heads of organizations and captains of sea vessels. The creation of a “Unified Logistics Center for the Collection and Issuance of Documentation” will facilitate the timely exchange of necessary documentation between shipowners, seaport control services, and similar organizations of other states. The introduction of such an institution will simplify the exchange of information and minimize the time required for document flow.