
Dear readers! In September the CeMAT RUSSIA exhibition was held, which showed everyone that innovations and robotics are increasingly penetrating the logistics industry. We can safely say that many technologies are tested here, and only then they go out into the world. However, it is not only CeMAT RUSSIA that demonstrates the prevalence of the digital agenda.
Dear readers! This is the ninth issue of the journal, which turned out to be very rich and diverse. Traditionally, the issue is opened by an analyst. The material by Alina Nasyrova from the Market Guide Agency, dedicated to investments in warehouse complexes in Russia, recalls the importance of developing logistics infrastructure for the integrated development of regions.
Dear readers! We present to your attention the eighth issue of the magazine and its materials.
The current state and functioning of the «North – South» ITC as a logistics system for the development of Russia's foreign economic relations with the countries of Central Asia, the Near and Middle East, and India is considered. The importance of the «North – South» ITC to integrate the Russian transport system into the New Silk Road routes in the directions of cargo delivery to India and Iran is shown. Volume, time and cost indicators of routes are given and analyzed, competitive niches for the Russian export of transport services on the rout are indicated. Infrastructure and technological problems that impede the accelerated development of the logistics of international product distribution in the «North – South» ITC have been identified. Some ways to solve these problems are indicated.
Key words. International Transport Corridor (ITC) «North – South», New Silk Road, transport and logistics infrastructure, transport infrastructure of Iran, the volume of international transport of goods with Iran and India, multimodal transport of goods and containers, problems and prospects of development of the «North – South» ITC.