LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT CORRIDORS: CLUSTER APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF FUNCTIONING AND DEVELOPMENT
Under transition of the economy to an innovative way of development, Russia accession to WTO transport is considered as an important factor of socio-economic growth, which provides: unity of the economic space of the country; improvement of inter-regional and international transport and economic relations; rationalizing the distribution of productive forces; more efficient use of natural resources and socio-economic potential of the regions of the country; expansion of international cooperation; development of transport services export and implementation of the transit potential of the country in the system of international transport corridors (ITC). The article deals with problems of logistics infrastructure development and formation of a core network of multimodal transport and logistics centers (MTLC) for maintenance of international transport corridors. Expediency of cluster models for controlling the formation and development of MTLC is justified. The cluster approach was tested at the example of Baikal macro- region and Irkutsk MTLC. KEY WORDS: logistics infrastructure, multimodal transport and logistics centers (MTLC), international transport corridors (ITC), cluster approach, Irkutsk MTLC, Baikal region.