Research of the «green» logistics technologies in transportation of cargo by rail transport

Abstract

The technology of carrying out international and domestic transportation of goods by using multimodal transportation – container and counter-trailer trains has been investigated. It has been established that these technologies have significant advantages in terms of reducing the negative impact on the environment compared to delivery by individual modes of transport. A brief description of the main environmental characteristics of multimodal delivery schemes is given and the negative impact of each mode of transport is assessed separately. The ways of further development of «green» logistics for rail transportation of goods over a distance of more than 300 km are proposed.