River Heavy Transport in Emergency Conditions

The active use of freight transport in the process of flow management in terms of adapting the supply of goods during the spread of the pandemic COVID - 19 - in peacetime and the supply of military equipment, humanitarian goods during the war. High adaptability of river freight transport to changes in key security environment conditions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the context of hostilities in Ukraine - reformatting of logistics activities to maintain security and ensure the delivery of goods, as well as changing the role of certain modes of transport in conditions of hostilities. In the context of hostilities, the transport freight system is proposed to be considered as a consolidated flexible logistics system with support nodes in the basic elements of land and water infrastructure, which, given the comparison of potential nodes and multiplier effect has increased resistance to aggression in war. The specifics of river freight transport in the system of the unified logistics system of the country in meeting the needs of civil. © 2022 Kaunas University of Technology. All rights reserved.

The Impact of Russian Invasion of Ukraine on the Rail Freight Flows

Ukrainian railways rank fourth on the Eurasian continent in terms of freight traffic. The initial stage of liberalization characterizes the railway transportation market in Ukraine, and the primary logistics operator in the market - JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" - provides 82% of freight traffic. Considering the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the railway industry has been actively working to increase market competitiveness. However, on February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, dramatically changing the lives of millions of Ukrainians and the world. The authors study and determine the level of impact of the Russian invasion on railway freight flows in Ukraine. This work aims to identify the consequences of hostilities in the context of rail freight flows in order to quickly increase the competitiveness of Ukraine in the international space of rail freight. © 2022 Kaunas University of Technology. All rights reserved.