
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.
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.
Vladimir Stepanov, Doctor of Economics, Professor of the Chair of Business and Logistics in Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, addressed to the readers of the journal from the pages of the ninth issue of the “LOGISTICS”. In his view, in recent years, the problems of development and application of logistics technology in the fields of transport, industry and business have acquired a strategic character. Vladimir Stepanov believes that, the Russian business is experiencing difficulties to load warehouses and logistics centers and to redirect flows to the domestic market, so the safety and stability of the transport complex of the Russian Federation is becoming increasingly important.
Smooth operation of the transport sector is not possible without the creative work of specialists and scientists in the field of logistics, who design and operate modern logistics systems.
“LOGISTICS” journal contributes much to the solution of this important problem, which is reflected in scientific and informational articles.
In the ninth issue you will find an interview with Mikhail Grablev, Director of the IT department in the PEC company, who will inform how IT-solutions help improve transport efficiency.
Analysis of the current and future goods traffic, which pass near the cluster, as well as the international transport corridors is presented in the article by Vladimir Devyatkov and Munir Nazmeev, who consider the conceptual principles for building the transport and logistics system, the Kama innovative territorial production cluster being considered as an example. Sergey Delz and Anna Sinitsyna examine the coordinated functioning of the ports of the Crimea with the complex of inland waterways of Central Russia, including the Volga basin from Astrakhan to Tver and propose considering the scheme, according to which the ports of the Crimea would act as cargo-distribution centers – hubs. In their article Svetlana Nikulina and Aleksandr Gapochka reveal tools for enhancing the competitiveness of container terminals in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region.
Suren Chibukhchyan considers the problems of transit opportunities and prospects for their development in the countries of the Eurasian Union, in particular the role of Armenia as a connecting link between Europe and Asia.
We hope that the presented articles will be of interest to our readers.