

Dear readers! We present you the third issue of the journal dedicated to current issues in the logistics industry.
Dear readers! We present to you a fresh issue of the magazine dedicated to current issues in the logistics industry.
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.
The current state and functioning of the «North – South» ITC as a logistics system for the development of Russia's foreign economic relations with the countries of Central Asia, the Near and Middle East, and India is considered. The importance of the «North – South» ITC to integrate the Russian transport system into the New Silk Road routes in the directions of cargo delivery to India and Iran is shown. Volume, time and cost indicators of routes are given and analyzed, competitive niches for the Russian export of transport services on the rout are indicated.
Article about practical and social importance of finding methods and ways for developing carriage of perishable cargo.
Key words. Perishable cargo, carriage, optimization.
Annotation. The article discusses the importance of freight forwarding activities for the Russian economy and its foreign economic relations. The state of the legal and regulatory framework governing the freight forwarding activities in Russia is analyzed, as well as its main regulatory documents are assessed. The problems hampering the development of transport forwarding in our country are reavealed. The analysis and the possibility of using foreign experience in the regulation of transport and forwarding activities is propsed.
The article discusses the key problems of current logistics performance in the case USA, China and Russia. It shows the basic trends of logistics and sea trade development in the countries. Based on the key findings there are suggested possible solutions to these problems.
Key words. Logistics, international sea delivery, sea transport, freight, global market, government logistics regulation.
The issues tasks of the development of the transport and logistics infrastructure and prospects for the development of logistics capabilities in the countries of the Eurasian Union are considered. The main restrictions in the sphere of transport are presented.
The article defines the indicators of transport infrastructure, which have a key impact on the socio-economic indicators of the Volgograd region. Standardized coefficients are calculated that allow to determine the degree of contribution of each -variable to the linear multiple regression equation. It is shown that the growth in the values of the indicators «Density of communication lines for motor transport» and «Number of transport enterprises» has the greatest influence on dependent variables.