DECISION MAKING IN SYSTEM MANAGEMENT OF LINE CONTAINER SHIPMENTS
Development of line shipping infrastructure is priority area of foreign economic activity positively effecting on national transit capacity, increasing production volumes and strengthening investment demand. Global trends in international transport processes, reducing cost of multimodal container shipments, significantly enhance influence of price-related competition subject to consistent high quality of transport products. The actual relevance of researching container shipping industry is determined by importance of improving organizational and economic mechanisms for line container transportations in international trade activities. Analysis of container management processes allows to form a concept of effective integration for companies of transport industry. The article represents additional infrastructure reserve of throughput capacity generated by container shipping lines, stimulates reduction of transportation component in production prime cost, competitiveness of local production, increase of foreign trade volumes and, accordingly, developing regional multimodal transportation system, generating GP of transport organizations. Application of systematic approach in management of line container shipments provides achievement of following objectives being basis of effective decision-making in multimodal transportations: F1 - integrating strategic targets of container shipping lines and local transport infrastructure by regulating economic and technological parameters of line container services. F2 - improving integrated transport products; F3 - implementation of integrated systems for managing multimodal shipments. Defined subgoals and method of operational decision-making.