Olerskiy V. A.

The article looks at main parameters and factor dynamics of the state of Russia’s inland waterways system, analyses main directions of their development according to the inland waterways development strategy through to 2030, and overviews the fulfillment of Russian President’s instructions issued following on from the results of the State Council Presidium meeting on August 15, 2016.

Keywords: internal waterways, fleet, bottom dredging, hydraulic works, inland waterways development strategy

Contacts: khikmatovth@mintrans.ru

Astakhov I. G.

The article looks into the situation in the sphere of road construction and fulfillment of state programmes for normalisation of Russia’s federal motorway network, analyses the progress in reworking the effective standards and industry documents and development of new ones with the purpose of harmonising the entire regulatory environment, and considers new approaches in application of modern road-building materials and increasing process automation of road network diagnostics.

Keywords: khikmatovth@mintrans.ru

Contacts: road construction, road surface, urban agglomerations

Gorbachev V. I.

The article analyses the state of airport and airfield network in Russia in the post-Soviet period, uncovers the reasons for its drastic reduction, and provides legal, organisational and financial recommendations to government agencies for perfecting state policy regarding civil aviation.

Keywords: airport, airfield, airline, civil aviation, state support

Contacts: global@airport.org.ru

Kostylev I. I.

The article looks at the state of higher education in the sphere of training staff for maritime and inland water transport, identifies causes for insufficient training of prospective students, analyses practicability of borrowings from foreign educational systems for Russia’s transport education system, and proposes measures to improve the situation.

Keywords: higher education institution, single state exam, Bologna system, bachelor degree course, master’s degree course, staff, faculty staff, seafaring personnel

Contacts: kostylevii@gumrf.ru

Macheret D. A.

The article considers the influence of modern social and economic problems on transport development, notes that appearance of numerous transport innovations may signal the imminence of a new ‘transport revolution’ which will create conditions for economic and social changes, and concludes that companies of different sizes and profiles have to operate for successful innovation-oriented transport development.

Keywords: economy, globalisation, transport, innovation-oriented development, competition, transport infrastructure

Contacts: macheretda@rambler.ru

Khusainov F. I.

The article looks at main indices characterising the speed of cargo delivery by railway transport. Dynamics of average delivery speed (km/day) of a single consignment by Soviet or Russian rail transport between 1970 and 2016 and the influence of consignment structure on it are analysed. A critique of the amending of the cargo delivery speed recording method, undertaken by the Russian Railways in 2014, is provided.

Keywords: cargo delivery speed, cargo shipper, transporter, routing, consignment

Contacts: f-husainov@yandex.ru

Davydov G. E.

The article considers the issues of legal regulation of activities of independent cargo carriers and necessary conditions for the start of their work, shows development of regular cargo service technologies and possibilities for transferring from cargo shippers’ access to transportation by their requests to cargo carriers’ attraction of cargo by their own offers, and identifies cargo transportation market segments where independent cargo carriers can start activity.

Keywords: independent carriers, railway transport infrastructure, regular cargo services

Contacts: auto@natrans.ru

Baushev A. N., Osminin A. T., Osminin L. A.

The paper considers the task of building monthly forecasts for loaded wagon flows through the Russian Railways JSC network. A high degree of correlation between factual and declared cumulative processes of daily dispatches of loaded wagons was established for the moment of forecast formulation. This fact permits to apply the linear regression model between declared and factual flows to formulate forecasts but accuracy of forecasts obtained in this manner is not sufficient to solve the tasks of systemic planning in railway transport. Method of segmentation of forecast period into phases reflecting regularity of pace of freight rail transport was proposed to improve the quality of forecasts.

Keywords: time series forecasting, linear regression model, disorder problem

Contacts: at@osminin.com

Vorontsova S. D.

The article provides an analytical overview of existing risk evaluation methods for transport infrastructure objects from dangerous climate changes in the Arctic zone and the territories affected by permafrost. Analysis of Russian and international scientific papers regarding proposed modern mechanisms of adapting infrastructure objects to climate change in the Arctic conditions and in the territories affected by permafrost is offered. Results of efficiency and sufficiency analysis of technical and engineering solutions aiming to ensure safety of studied transport infrastructure objects under forecast conditions are formulated.

Keywords: climate, permafrost, Arctic, transport infrastructure, safety

Contacts: vorontsova@ti-g.ru

Fedorov Yu. N., Feylo M. B., Churilin A. Yu., Porechina I. A.

The article presents objectives and tasks of the project for building the Northern Latitudinal Railway (Obskaya — Salekhard — Nadym — Pangody — Novy Urengoy — Korotchayevo) and access railways to it, cargo base, existing development of infrastructure, measures and performance targets, operation practice and business plan of the Northern Latitudinal Railway project.

Keywords: Northern Latitudinal Railway, objectives and tasks, cargo base, measures, performance targets, operation practice, business plan

Contacts: borodinaf@mail.ru

Borodin A. F.

The article looks at methodological problems of integrated development of railroad infrastructure of port transport hubs, including research and methodological (identification of the boundaries of object of research and design, classification of port transport hubs, justification of efficient pathways of their development, interaction and regulation of transport processes, selection of adequate methodological apparatus), process and engineering (analysis, option formation, isolated and co-operative development of functional zones of the railway component of the port transport hub) and organisational components.

Keywords: railway infrastructure, port transport hub, object boundaries, development pathways, interaction and regulation of processes, isolated and co-operative development, functional zones

Contacts: borodinaf@mail.ru

Kopylenko V. A.

The article analyses evaluation method of the Moscow to Kazan high-speed mainline’s construction costs and engineering specifics which make the project more expensive, and provides recommendations on amending the project to reduce expenses and increase the efficiency of the mainline without hindering train movement safety.

Keywords: high-speed rail service, high-speed mainline, investments, railroad infrastructure, railroad track, earth fills, elevated structures

Contacts: kopylenko2012@mail.ru

Semenov S. A.

The article considers the phenomenon of the lack of understanding of fundamental differences between guarding and ensuring transport security of transport infrastructure objects and means of transport in most subjects of transport infrastructure, analyses corresponding legislative and regulatory framework, and provides recommendations on outstanding problems of administration of law and on linking legislative and regulatory acts.

Keywords: guarding, transport security, terrorism, private security activity, act of unlawful interference

Contacts: semenov@uvomintrans.ru

Yefanov D. V.

The article analyses the current state of the technology of continuous monitoring of railroad infrastructure objects, and notes their disintegration and inconsistency at each unit of Russian Railways JSC rail infrastructure, and their focus solely on automatisation of technical maintenance and not on optimisation of the technological process of train movement. A conception of integrated means of monitoring of rail infrastructure objects is proposed, including train control systems for realisation of adaptive control functions with advanced level of fail-operational capability and security.

Keywords: railroad infrastructure, continuous monitoring, train control system

Contacts: tres-4b@yandex.ru

Sakharova Yu. I.

HeadHunter North-West research service has analysed the labour market situation in the transport and logistics sector in the first six months of 2017 in Russia and in Moscow and St Petersburg separately. During the study, 101,543 job offers created by employers between January 1 and June 30, 2017 on the hh.ru website were studied.

Keywords: labour market, employers, CV, job offer, transport and logistics professional field

Contacts: i.zhilnikova@hh.ru