Ways of Increasing the Reliability of Container Transportation in International Communication in Conditions of War

The article proposes an improved automated technology for transporting goods by rail in international traffic, taking into account the likelihood of delays in ship departure from the seaport, resulting in additional costs in the form of penalty sanctions. It is known that the majority of goods arriving at seaports for further transportation are in containers. Therefore, in this work we consider and improve the part of the intermodal transportation route associated with raand seaports. To achieve this, it is necessary to adopt a systematic approach, which will allow describing all events occurring during the organization of such a complex process within one probabilistic framework and also consider the operation of each type of transport, especially in conditions of war where such probabilistic events become increasingly prevalent.In this research, the objective function of the intermodal transportation system is formed when interacting with railway stations and ports as the total specific costs of container transportation, taking into account the throughput capacity of the transportation infrastructure and considering the probability of the risk of delayed ship departure due to the arrival delay of the necessary batch of containers.Implementing this technology in automated workplaces of operational personnel will reduce the impact of the «human factor» on decision-making during the organization of rail transportation and enable quick response in an emergency, thereby enhancing the reliability of transportation and the probability of their execution within the planned time frame, especially in wartime conditions.The implementation of this model has shown that the cost of transporting one container to the port by container train from the terminal will reduce specific expenses by approximately 3 % compared to the existing technology. The optimal accumulation time for containers at terminal stations will be 5 and 5.6 hours respectively.