Intelligent shipping technology has given rise to novel digital assets, such as vessel IoT data, blockchain bills of lading, and smart contract-based assets. Their intangible nature, dependence on dynamic valuation, and cross-border liquidity present ...
Intelligent shipping technology has given rise to novel digital assets, such as vessel IoT data, blockchain bills of lading, and smart contract-based assets. Their intangible nature, dependence on dynamic valuation, and cross-border liquidity present systemic challenges for China's current Enterprise Bankruptcy Law during disposal: the absence of legal definitions leads to ambiguous ownership; their transnational characteristics trigger jurisdictional conflicts and enforcement obstacles; conventional valuation mechanisms fail to capture fluctuating values, resulting in asset wastage, value depreciation, and imbalanced creditor interests. To overcome these dilemmas, legal frameworks can be reconceived by establishing a multi-tiered ownership confirmation framework, innovating dynamic valuation and disposal mechanisms, and strengthening cross-border coordination. This approach bridges the legal-technological divide, advances bankruptcy law toward a "rules-plus-technology" governance paradigm, ensures equitable and efficient insolvency proceedings, achieves value preservation and efficiency enhancement of bankruptcy estates, and provides legal support for intelligent shipping development.