Due to digitalization, the importance of information as an organizational resource is growing. It is almost impossible to operate successfully without a valuable and reliable image of the actual business of the company, as well as without truthful information which must be relevant and independent of space and time in which the manager needs to make a decision. For successful business, it is necessary to have and use an information system on a daily basis. System that enables collecting, processing it, storage and access to information when and where it is needed, and at the same time that provides decision support. The application of the information system is strategically important for maritime companies: it reduces costs, speeds up administrative tasks, encourages decision-making, strengthens competitiveness, becomes a strategic thing, increases productivity and makes work more enjoyable, successful and efficient. The objectives of the paper are to explore the advantages of the application of information management in maritime companies, to predict the future of maritime companies that invest in the development of sophisticated information systems and to analyze the visible advantages and disadvantages of using them.