Аnalysis of the state of domestic transportation in ukraine during 2017-2020

Abstract

After analyzing the state of traffic, you can identify the reasons that affect both the increase and decrease in traffic. Moreover, eliminating the negative causes that cause a decrease in traffic, you can achieve the opposite positive effect, ie an increase in freight and passenger traffic. Reduction of freight flows during 2017-2020 by rail, road and water transport, which occurred due to a significant reduction in the production of goods. The main reason for the decrease in freight traffic was the introduction of quarantine related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

It is noted that river transport is still uncompetitive due to a number of factors: obsolescence and low energy efficiency of locks, lack of stable depth of 3.65 m and lack of proper fleet with modern navigation systems.

Ukraine has significant potential for the organization of logistics schemes for the transportation of goods involving river transport in several directions. The presence of, albeit somewhat outdated, powerful infrastructure base, convenient geographical location and the presence of freight flows that can potentially be transported by inland waterways creates the preconditions for the restoration and development of this transport direction.

The purpose of the article is to study the volume of cargo and passenger traffic in Ukraine from 2017 to 2020. The decline in domestic traffic has been studied. The reasons for this decline are analyzed. Eliminating the causes of the recession will increase traffic in the coming years.

Key words: transportation, road transport, railway transport, water transport, freight transportation, passenger transportation.