Principles of creating multimodal transportation and logistics centers
The work is devoted to the basics of the functioning of multimodal transport and logistics centers and the principles of creation. The goals of the establishment of the ITLC and their significance are given. The analysis of the basic types of MTLTs and the basic functions performed is performed. The need for construction and linkage to existing international transport corridors is justified. The increase of economic interests and their significance for the Central Asian republics and Kazakhstan is shown. The conducted researches show that the number of railway routes, oriented to the transit transport of Chinese goods, which do not represent significant competition and complement each other, is growing on the Eurasian continent. In addition, the tendency of the forecasted growth of the cargo flow is shown to 15-20% due to changing customer preferences from the sea route to the railway one. The main factor is the high speed of delivery - more than twice. Other reasons for this trend may be a technical process that increases the speed of communication and organizational and technical factors to increase competition through tariffs and fees, simplify customs procedures, etc. The most justifies the possibility of a significant increase in the role and economic opportunities of the ITLC in modern conditions.