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This was stated at the Eastern Economic Forum by Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Dmitry Bakanov. He noted the successful operation of both systems and spoke about what else needs to be worked on in the process of unification.

management. The railway workers were the first to introduce the Electronic Consignment Note (ETRAN) system. Then we joined in with the implementation of the State denmark whatsapp resource Information System of Electronic Transport Documents (GIS EPD). Now we issue hundreds of thousands of documents, and by the end of 2023 we should move to millions. From October 1, 2023, we will begin an experiment on connecting EPD with ETRAN. This will make it possible to issue multimodal transportation in digital form between two modes of transport - rail and road. We will think about how to link them together so that data from one system is used in the other not only for the Ministry of Transport and Russian Railways, but also for government agencies," added Dmitry Bakanov.

Logistics market experts shared their opinions on the creation of a unified system. Deputy Director General of Russian Railways Evgeny Charkin shared statistics from his side: "Digital helped us during the pandemic. We strengthened our position in interaction with the client. Currently, 16 thousand clients are connected to the ETRAN system. We also have another service related to document flow - the "Personal Account" of the shipper. It is developing very actively. 25 thousand clients are connected to it. In the first eight months of 2023, we processed 1.5 million documents through the service. In total, seven platforms are being implemented in the digital transformation strategy of Russian Railways. ETRAN is already in the register of domestic software."

Albert Likholet, CEO of the company operating specialized port terminals in Russia, UK Global Ports, believes that all participants in the logistics market need a single convenient system: "Each of us talks about local achievements. Over the past 15 years, digital solutions in logistics have been coming from below. Companies are developing, each developing effective solutions for its own industry. But the problem is that we have disparate information systems and digital services of transportation