
Dear readers! We present to you the first issue of 2026, in which we have collected a number of interesting materials on issues of modern logistics.
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.
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.