Network interaction organization of cross-border satellite terminals for servicing foreign trade cargo flows of the Far Eastern region

Abstract

    In June 2022, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the issue of organizing a national logistics system was discussed, including transport and terminal logistics infrastructure, vehicles, container equipment, ships, etc. The Eurasian Union of Participants in Rail Freight Transportation proposes to revise the program for creating a backbone network of transport and logistics centers in Russia, taking into account the reorientation of cargo flows to the east. In the context of the port infrastructure limited capacity, it is necessary to build rear terminals of the dry port type and modernize the border checkpoints of the Eastern range of railways. The organization of a network of border satellite terminals in the Far East region, which will be technologically connected with terminal and logistics centers of transport hubs, will minimize the shortage of capacity at border checkpoints and improve the quality of transport services. The satellite border terminals, created on the basis of the freight terminals of the Far Eastern Railway, are able to form an auxiliary terminal network for the effective passage of foreign trade cargo within the transport corridors Primorye-1 and Primorye-2, as well as promising international routes in the direction of the countries of Asia-Pacific region.
    The aim of the work is to develop economic and technological solutions for organizing a network of satellite border terminals at the Eastern Railway Range to handle additional freight traffic and improve the quality of transport services. This paper uses theoretical research methods, including system analysis and information synthesis. The article developed a wireframe diagram of the location of border satellite terminals in the Far East and presented a diagram of the information interaction of participants in the transport process when organizing foreign trade transportation of goods through a network of satellite terminals. The creating effectiveness of border satellite terminals network will be to increase profits by attracting additional volumes of cargo flows and optimizing the loading of the terminal, logistics and transport infrastructure of the border regions.