CONTAINER SILK ROAD: OPTIMISATION OF THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR
For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version). ABSTRACT The article analyzes the economic potential of transit transportation China-Russia-EU, the need of active state investment support for its development, modernization of transport infrastructure, primarily the border and terminal infrastructure, which will increase the transit capacity of railways and the active involvement of Russian regions in transportation. The authors advocate a comprehensive supranational approach that takes into account the interests of all participating countries and unites various railway systems, including transformations related to harmonization of rules, customs principles and tariffs. First of all, it concerns unification of norms and development of a single standard for container transportation, which will make it possible to significantly simplify and reduce the cost of operations, as well as to move to more efficient intermodal technologies, and turn a set of routes into a single transit and logistics corridor. Keywords: transport corridor, Eurasia, container transportation, railway, Silk Road.