Digital documentation: importance of E-CMR in Ukraine

Abstract

Logistics is one of the core activities of every country in our world. With the help of this economic sector goods are produced, transported and sold. In the overall world transportation, European countries have a significant impact. In the same time European freight road transportation often plays a role as an auxiliary transit link between other continents or the main line of freight transportation in Europe. This fact is confirmed by modal split of freight transport of EU made by Eurostat, where road transportation takes second stage with almost 25% among all modes of transportation in 2022. It is important to mention, that Ukraine do not take fully part in European road transportation due to russian invasion. Data is the raw material from which knowledge is taken to increase efficiency, and technology is the fundamental pillar around which this progress is constructed. Consequently, some governments are attempting to enact laws that encourage and, in certain situations, mandate this technological revolution. The EU is spearheading one of these initiatives in the road transport industry to digitize waybills, sometimes referred to as CMR in digital form or e- CMR.