Assessment for the growth prospects in freight turnover of the international transport corridor "north-south" in modern conditions

Abstract

The global labor division, the production planetary division and consumption markets are increasingly actualizing the issues of a reliable and sustainable organization of trade supply on the basis of the developing international transport corridors (ITCs), which are becoming points of growth not only for national economies, but also for large regions. The dynamics of the global market contribute to the increase in the number and potential of the transport corridors. The North-South transport corridor considered in the research is one of the strategic in ensuring the goods supply in the direction of the India-Iran-Azerbaijan-Russia-European Union. A predictive analysis of the development dynamics of the transport corridor freight turnover is carried out, the drivers and barriers to its development in the context of changes in the geopolitical and economic environment of the markets are determined. Attention is paid to the issues of balanced development of the potential transport corridors according to the formation of nodal transport and logistics centers at the intersections of the meridional and latitudinal corridors. It is shown that the railway transport in the ITC “North-South” in its Russian segment is becoming a key factor in the development and transportation competitiveness in comparison with alternative routes. The issues of the container transportations competitiveness of the ITC “North-South” in the context of the multimodality growth and the containerized cargo growth are considered. Prospects for the development of ITC “North-South” in the future depends on active organizational solutions in ensuring the planning and regulation supply, excluding international barriers to its development as well as the introduction of digital technologies for monitoring and managing flows.