
We are pleased to present to you the final issue of the journal in 2025 and inform you that LOGISTICS is opening a new page in its development by starting cooperation with the Crystal Growth Foundation, which means that the information saturation of the publication will change for the better. The first issue is dedicated to one of the innovative domestic developments, AI-Kantorovich, which the Crystal Growth Foundation created together with Hive Mind AI.
Dear readers! We are pleased to present to you the eleventh issue of the journal in 2025. There are a lot of relevant and useful materials in the issue, which, hopefully, will not be ignored.
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.
Annotation. The article discusses the issues of development and modernization of the freight transportation system on the inland waterway network of the Russian Federation. It is said about the importance of the state's participation in the construction of modern watercraft for coastal and liner transportation, as well as maintaining the proper technical level of the river transportation infrastructure, which is part of the multimodal transportation system.
Key words. Inland water shipping, water engineering infrastructure, river boating, port cargo equipments, obsolete ships, types of cargo, freight turnover, navigable rivers.