The work was performed as part of the Crisis and Risks Engineering for Transport Services project of Erasmus+ program. Purpose. Nowadays the key role in ensuring business processes both within the state and in the performing of foreign economic activity belongs to the transport industry. Carriage of goods and passengers over relatively short distances is economically attractive for road transport, which has shown a significant increase of traffic volumes in recent years. At the same time, there are random factors and the resulting risks during international road transportation, which does not allow us to estimate the cost and duration of such delivery with sufficient accuracy. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to analyze the process of international cargo delivery by road and identify risks and reasons for their occurrence at each stage of transportation. Methodology. To achieve the goal of the work, the methods of statistical analysis were used to determine the volume and structure of foreign economic activity in the provision of transport services; methods of system analysis, including SWOT analysis, to determine the characteristic features and identify risks at the stages of international cargo transportation by road. Results. The analysis of the volume of foreign economic activity of Ukraine made it possible to establish that the European Union (EU) is its main foreign economic partner, and the transportation of 10% of goods by volume and 38% by value between that countries is carried out by road. Increasing the road transport part in foreign trade providing with the EU is also confirmed by the increase in the trucks number that crossing the western part of the Ukraine state border, especially the section adjacent to Poland. Using SWOT-analysis, the strengths and weaknesses, as well as risks and opportunities of international transportation of goods by road, are identified. Scientific novelty. It was found that the presence of a large number of participants in the transportation process and their possible incompetent actions lead to an increase in the number of random factors and the resulting risks. The authors identified transport risks and the reasons for their occurrence in the international road transportation. Practical significance. The obtained results can be used in the process of risk management to increase the efficiency of management of international cargo transportation by road.

УДК 656.212.5 Е. Б. ДЕМЧЕНКО (Днепропетровский национальный университет железнодорожного транспорта имени академика В. Лазаряна) ОЦЕНКА РАСХОДА ТОПЛИВА МАНЕВРОВЫМИ ТЕПЛОВОЗАМИ ПРИ РАСФОРМИРОВАНИИ СОСТАВОВ НА СОРТИРОВОЧНЫХ ГОРКАХНаведено аналіз існуючих методик визначення витрат палива маневровими тепловозами при насуві та розпуску составів. Виконана оцінка адекватності розробленої моделі процесу насуву та розпуску составів на сортувальній гірці.Ключові слова: сортувальна гірка, режим розформування составів, гірковий локомотив Приведен анализ существующих методик определения расхода топлива маневровыми тепловозами при надвиге и роспуске составов. Выполнена оценка адекватности разработанной модели процесса надвига и роспуска составов на сортировочной горке.Ключевые слова: сортировочная горка, расход топлива, горочный локомотивThe analysis of existing methods of estimation of shunting engines fuel consumption for the humping process is given. The verification of pushing and breaking-up process model is performed.

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to study the generally accepted system of transport service, improve the technology of transportation planning and optimize the process of delivery of groupage cargo from the places of their consolidation to end users (enterprises, warehouses, outlets, post offices etc.). Method. When formulating the research task, it is important to take into account the maximum number of the most important factors: the size of the transported consignments; geographical of points of goods storage and loading, as well as end users’ location; type and load capacity of rolling stock; terms of delivery; special conditions for carrying out loading and unloading operations, etc. The problem of determining the optimal route was solved as a travelling salesman's problem using the methods of combinatorial optimization, logistics and some heuristic methods. Results. Researches of various methods of the car route planning for the delivery of groupage cargoes to end consumers were carried out. As a result, the recommendations of the method choice for planning the delivery routes of the goods in different situations were given. Practical significance. Despite the fact that groupage cargoes accounts for a small share of total transport work, but transport costs for them reach a third of all costs. In this regard a rational solution of the routing problem is necessary for effective management of the transportation process and reducing the cost of energy resources in the operation of road transport, which will allow to reduce the transportation costs and improve the economic performance of the whole.

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