The Evolutionary Development of Transit Transport of Temperature-Sensitive Goods

The presented study identifies modern organizational and institutional trends in the evolutionary development of transit transport of temperature-sensitive goods.

Aim. The study aims to determine the place and role of transit transport of temperature-sensitive goods across Russia and within the Eurasian space via global communication lines as an efficient direction for the development of transit economy, an innovative method of transport, and a highly profitable form of export for transport services.

Tasks. The authors examine, systematize, and analyze the organizational and institutional directions for the evolutionary development of transit transport of temperature-sensitive goods and formulate proposals for implementing the most efficient corporate mechanisms for the development of transit economy in Russia and formation of a global Eurasia.

Methods. This study uses the methods of evolutionary-institutional theory, systems analysis, theory of engineering and manufacturing balance, and historical approach.

Results. It is determined that the development of transport of temperature-sensitive and other sensitive goods should be evolutionary. In the early 21st century, the transport of fish and seafood from the Asia-Pacific region to the European Union is becoming increasingly important for meeting the demands of retail trade and the food service industry. The benefits (competitive advantages) and shortcomings (market problems) of transit transport of temperature-sensitive goods by different modes of transport are identified. A set of organizational and institutional measures has been developed to improve the traceability of movement of Russian food products for the purpose of development, dispatch, and regular operation of a fleet of “cold express trains”.

Conclusions. One of the organizational and institutional directions for the evolutionary development of transit transport of temperature-sensitive goods involves the activity of supranational political and integration entities, primarily the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and their efforts to create a unified transport space and to combine infrastructure and integration projects. The establishment of a supranational Eurasian Transit Transport Company (ETTC) should serve as a corporate framework for integration processes within the global Eurasian space in terms of linking transport and communication systems.

1. Cargo transportation with temperature conditions and their features. Economical transportation for life and business. URL: https://econom-trans.ru/auto/osobennosti-perevozok-s-temperaturnymrezhimom.html (accessed on 20.12.2019). (In Russ.).

2. Kudryavtseva E. Scheduled writing-off. Gudok. 2019;(3). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1449655&archive=2019.01.15 (accessed on 20.12.2019). (In Russ.).

3. Crowley R. City of fortune: How Venice won and lost a naval empire. London: Faber & Faber Publ.; 2012. 448 p. (Russ. ed.: Crowley R. Venetsianskaya respublika. Rastsvet i upadok velikoy morskoy imperii. 1000-1503 gg. Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf; 2019. 446 p.).

4. Bernstein W. J. A splendid exchange: How trade shaped the world. New York: Grove Press, Inc.; 2009. 496 p. (Russ. ed.: Bernstein W. Velikolepnyy obmen. Istoriya mirovoy torgovli. Moscow: AST; 2014. 508 p.).

5. Efimov V. Lost money. Gudok. 2019;(233). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1488167&archive=2019.12.18 (accessed on 20.12.2019). (In Russ.).

6. Potaeva K. Space speed for flatcars. Gudok. 2020;(19). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1492538&archive=2020.02.05 (accessed on 18.02.2020). (In Russ.).

7. Blinkin M. Different track is not a problem. Gudok. 2019;(233). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1488168&archive=2019.12.18 (accessed on 20.12.2019). (In Russ.).

8. Kondratenko S. Refrigerated rail containers at growth point. Gudok. 2019;(194). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1481265&archive=2019.10.22 (accessed on 22.10.2019). (In Russ.).

9. Sinev M. The refrigerated transport industry is in a systemic crisis. RZD-Partner. Sept. 18, 2019. URL: https://www.rzd-partner.ru/zhd-transport/opinions/otrasl-khladotransporta-nakhoditsya-vsistemnom-krizise/ (accessed on 17.01.2020). (In Russ.).

10. Zubov M. Comfortable conditions for fish. Interview with President of the Association of Refrigerated Rolling Stock Operators M. Sinev. Gudok. 2019;(186). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1480216&archive=2019.10.10 (accessed on 18.10.2019). (In Russ.).

11. Competition of global players in the Arctic has intensified — expert. Interview with Hussein Askary, the Program Coordinator of the Southwest Asia Schiller Institute Research Center. Evraziya.Ekspert. Nov. 26, 2018. URL: http://eurasia.expert/konkurentsiya-globalnykh-igrokovv-arktike-obostrilas-ekspert/ (accessed on 09.10.2019). (In Russ.).

12. Kudryavtseva E. The market is waiting for refrigerators. Gudok. 2020;(46). URL: https://gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1497644&archive=2020.03.17 (accessed on 17.03.2020). (In Russ.).

13. Pavlov V. The temperature of the cargo will be measured. Interview with the Deputy General Director of GLONASS JSC A. Aronova. Gudok. 2020;(4). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1490032&archive=2020.01.15 (accessed on 15.01.2020). (In Russ.).

14. Chernyshevskaya Yu. GLONASS JSC can provide end-to-end monitoring for multimodal transportation. RZD-Partner. Nov. 14, 2019. URL: https://www.rzd-partner.ru/zhd-transport/news/glonassplaniruet-predostavit-testovyy-dostup-dlya-rzhd/ (accessed on 22.11.2019). (In Russ.).

15. Klimova M. Silk road of the container. Ekspert Sibir’. 2018;(50-51). URL: http://expert.ru/siberia/2018/50/shelkovyij-put-kontejnera/ (accessed on 09.10.2019). (In Russ.).

16. Solntsev A. Container sites can be equipped. Interview with A. Glazunov, deputy executive director of Association “Promzheldortrans”. RZD-Partner. Sept. 20, 2019. URL: https://www.rzdpartner.ru/zhd-transport/interview/konteynernye-ploshchadki-mozhno-obustraivat-/ (accessed on 22.11.2019). (In Russ.).

17. Tsvetkov V. A., Zoidov K. Kh., Medkov A. A. Modern trends in the innovative development of transport modes as the backbone of a transition economy in the Eurasian space. Ekonomika i upravlenie = Economics and Management. 2020;26(1):4-15. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.35854/1998-16272020-1-4-15

18. Tsvetkov V. A., Zoidov K. Kh., Medkov A. A. On international cargo transit within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Ekonomika i upravlenie = Economics and Management. 2019;(11):42-52. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.35854/1998-1627-2019-11-42-52

19. Blinkin M. Time to exchange wagons. Gudok. 2020;(23). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1493164&archive=2020.02.11 (accessed on 17.02.2020). (In Russ.).

20. Mozharovskaya A. A significant shortage of refrigerated vessels is expected in 2020. RZD-Partner. Mar. 05, 2019. URL: http://www.rzd-partner.ru/wate-transport/news/v-2020-godu-ozhidaetsyasushchestvennyy-defitsit-refrizheratornykh-sudov/ (accessed on 06.03.2019). (In Russ.).

21. Opinions. Gudok. 2019;(121). URL: https://www.gudok.ru/newspaper/?ID=1469890&archive=2019.07.11 (accessed on 06.08.2019). (In Russ.).

22. Ivanov V. P. Afghan drug hub. Moscow: CVG Publ.; 2010. 208 p. (In Russ.).