Research of the market of transport services of Ukraine during the crisis

Abstract

The current state of the transport system of Ukraine in terms of passenger and freight turnover in the period of crisis is described in the article. The main focus of the article is on the analysis of the volume of passenger and freight traffic by type of cargo and mode of transport. The article reveals the issues of the transport system of Ukraine and transport, which ensure the effective functioning of the system of economic relations in the country. The growth of both freight and passenger traffic indicates the growth of the country's economy, and the decline in their volume is an indicator of the crisis in the economy. We have identified the main modes of transport that carry passenger traffic in Ukraine, analyzed the passenger turnover in the period from 2018 to 2020, ie we take into account the period before the COVID-19 pandemic and the pandemic period in 2019-2020. The analysis of cargo turnover in Ukraine by types of transport and by types of cargo in the specified period is also carried out. Through the analysis of statistical data in the article, we came to the conclusion about the importance of certain modes of transport for the national economy from the standpoint of freight and passenger traffic. It is concluded that firstly, the pandemic had a significant impact on the transport industry of Ukraine, secondly, the volume of passenger traffic by all modes of transport faced significant losses during the pandemic, and thirdly, the volume of freight traffic pandemic COVID-19 is almost non-existent. At the same time, it is worth paying attention to a number of internal problems, organizational, strategic and economic-technological nature of the transport sector of Ukraine, in particular long-term reform; problems related to strategic management, technical and technological backwardness of infrastructure and rolling stock development and low level of digital transformations in transport.