The concept of organizational and technological support for the quality and efficiency of scrap metal transportation with the participation of river ports
The research in economics presented in this article is devoted to the issues of increasing the degree of participation of river transport enterprises, primarily ports in the system of reverse logistics of metal products. The authors of the paper considered the existing approaches to the organization of production, delivery of metal products and its subsequent disposal and processing. The analysis of the existing schemes of participation of different modes of transport in the reverse logistics of metal products, as well as publications on problems and areas of improvement in the area under consideration, revealed the possible areas of participation of water transport enterprises compared to current practice. Based on potential options for increased river transport’s involvement in reverse logistics, proposals have been made to diversify port activities in order to optimize, improve the quality and efficiency of transport and additional treatment of scrap metal, which are currently being carried out by various, including non-transport organizations. Based on this, the principles of the concept of organizational and technological support for the quality and efficiency of scrap metal transportation involving river ports were formulated. The directions of further research, concretization, detail and formalization of certain provisions of the concept are also proposed.