This paper reflects the importance of preparedness regarding cybersecurity and cyber threat related factors in maritime logistics industry in present era when the digitalization combined with new emerging technologies i.e. Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Blockchain and so forth are being utilized with accelerating speed in the maritime logistics among others. The future trend in the maritime logistics indicates that all the resources are connected with each other in order to form integrated autonomous operating systems based on IT-platforms. Therefore, there is a need also in the maritime logistics industry to attach cybersecurity related matters and cyber threat prevention more systematically to the existing procedures in every level of the organization and consider these aspects when new technologies are being implemented. Training the personnel from the non-technical to the technical experts in realistic exercises help to prepare and handle the cyber incidents and raise the overall level of cybersecurity preparedness.