Engineering, Energy, Transport AIC

Iryna Hunko – candidate of technical sciences, professor, head of the department of agricultural engineering and technical service of the Vinnytsia National Agrarian University (Str. Sonyachna, 3, Vinnytsia, 21008, Ukraine, e-mail: irynagunko@vsau.vin.ua, http://orcid.org/0000 -0002-2441-9469).

Oleksandr Holodiuk – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Agricultural Engineering and Technical Service of the Vinnytsia National Agrarian University (Sonyachna Street, 3, Vinnytsia, 21008, Ukraine, e-mail: holodyk@vsau.vin.ua, http://orcid.org/0000-0002 -4161-6712).

Roman Lipnitskiy – is a 2nd-year masters student at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the Vinnytsia National Agrarian University (Sonyachna St., 3 Vinnytsia, 21008, Ukraine, e-mail: lroma5105@gmail.com).

The issue of transportation of agricultural products from the producer to the buyer is important for our country. Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine emphasized the extreme importance of the transport complex for the economy and society. With the beginning of invasion of Ukrainian land, air communication with the world was completely stopped, and sea ports were also blocked. With the beginning of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, the routes of transportation of agricultural products were disrupted, a large number of elevators were destroyed, the road surface of warehouses was destroyed, and sea ports were seized.
The purpose of this article was to study the current state of freight transportation in the conditions of martial law, to improve and stabilize the ways of transporting agricultural products. The task was to find ways to improve logistics and ways to protect grain products from missile strikes, as well as possible ways to export this grain from the territory of Ukraine.
The article presents the results of an analytical analysis of the state of transportation of agricultural products, suggests ways to stabilize and solve the problem. The development of logistics and cooperation with foreign partners, the construction of protected hubs for storing grain products, as well as the construction of modern elevators that could accumulate large volumes of products for their further transportation in large batches to consumers. The best option for Ukraine would be the creation of grain hubs in European countries, as well as transport grain by motor vehicle, accumulate grain in large batches, and deliver it to other parts of the world, through the ports of Europe. However, today it is not so easy, because currently European countries are imposing restrictions on the import of our grain products.
Today, despite the difficult military situation, the lost part of the transport infrastructure and logistics, Ukraine is one of the largest grain exporting countries. The restoration of traditional ways of freight transportation and the constant search for new ones is a sign of a healthy and promising policy for the development of the transport industry. The European choice of our state, the support of partners will ensure uninterrupted freight transportation and will give new impetus to the development of river and railway transport.

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