Analysis of commodity traffic in the European macro-region

One of the key industries of any state is the transport industry. It plays a significant role in the development of the country’s economy and ensuring its defense capability. Therefore, the development of the transport industry is always relevant for Russia with its vastness and climatic conditions. In this work, at the first stage, the country’s cargo turnover by mode of transport is considered and the current state of the transport system, in particular, water transport, is analyzed. At the second stage, the concept of multimodal transportation is considered and the possibility of using multi-agent systems for automating management processes in water transport is being studied.