Development of Rail Container Transportation Based on Mobility and Logistics Efficiency

Increasing the level of containerization in Russia is a source of competitiveness growth, since it focuses on increasing the efficiency of nationally oriented logistics and integration into global logistics chains, ensures transparency and productivity of the transport and logistics sector. The negative consequences caused by COVID-19 have affected freight transportation by all modes of transport. The reaction of carriers to the existing challenges largely determines the trajectory of development not only of railway container transportation, but also the format of the development of Russian cargo traffic for the coming years or even decades. The purpose of this study is to develop measures to increase the mobility of container cargo turnover on Russian railways and indicative designation of possible effects from their implementation. We prove that the development of infrastructure, stabilization of tariff policy, optimization of operational activities, expansion of the digital platform significantly affects the qualitative and quantitative development of rail container transportation based on mobility and logistics efficiency. The methodology of the study is based on the analysis of the target indicators of containerization of Russian railways for 2010–2020, the main product line of container transportation and competitors of the railway by means of transport. As a result of the study, trends in the growth of the share of container cargo turn-over on the Russian railway network are determined, the support of digital tools is justified in order to increase the mobility of container cargo turnover, a set of mechanisms for supporting and developing railway container transportation based on mobility and logistics efficiency is proposed. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE AIR TRANSPORT MARKET IN TURKEY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

In this study, the situation of the Turkish aviation industry during COVID-19 was examined. Turkish aviation industry entered a rapid growth phase in the 21st century, great developments were achieved in aviation with the investments made, and the share received from the world aviation industry grew day by day. However, this growth has been hit hard by the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. There have been great losses in passenger and freight transport. It is considered that the compensation of these losses will take a long time. In addition, in this study, the steps taken by the aviation authority and aviation companies to prevent the pandemic and to reduce its effects for the COVID-19 pandemic were evaluated.