Memorization:

essence, structure, and functioning mechanisms of international economic relations, their subjects; classification of free economic zones and features of their activities worldwide; indicators of international division of labor, international trade, and trends in their development; methods of regulating international trade relations; the role of international organizations, TNCs (transnational corporations), and TNBs (transnational banks) in the development of the modern global economy.

Understanding:

basic principles of economic-geographical distribution of the World Ocean, geography of the largest seaports in the world based on their specialization, hinterland, and maritime linkage zone; the impact of natural factors on shipping and port operations.

Application of Knowledge and Skills:

identifying the set of physical-geographical, economic, and political factors influencing the formation of local, regional, and international maritime transport; specific features of maritime transport operations in the World Ocean; highlighting economic relationships between individual countries formed through existing specialization and geographical division of labor.

Analysis:

factors influencing maritime shipping, meteorological natural conditions, hydrological natural conditions, routes of transportation of major cargoes in the World Ocean, structure of cargo flows, and the direction of their transportation.

Evaluation:

intensity and main routes of ocean transport highways in the World Ocean, factors determining the location of ports on maritime routes, the current state of cargo flows in the World Ocean, main directions of transportation in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, major factors determining the geographical location of transportation routes in the World Ocean.

Creation:

proposals for the possibility of improving the efficiency of maritime and inland water transport enterprises, taking into account the peculiarities of maritime transport operations in the World Ocean.

Transport zoning of the World Ocean. The World Ocean as a natural environment influencing transport processes. Distribution of water and land on the Earth's surface. Subdivision of the World Ocean into oceans, seas, gulfs, and straits. Factors affecting maritime shipping. Meteorological natural conditions. Hydrological natural conditions. The strategic role of channels and straits in international maritime transportation. Major straits in the World Ocean, their importance for navigation. Straits as a constraining factor in global maritime trade. Maritime routes and their classification. Major routes of maritime and oceanic pathways of global navigation. Current state of cargo flows in the World Ocean. Classification of maritime routes. The role of individual oceans in global trade. World maritime transportation of energy resources. Exporting and importing countries of energy resources. The role of maritime transport in the transportation of these cargoes. Geography of international maritime oil transportation. Maritime routes for liquefied natural gas transportation. Prospects for maritime transportation of shale gas. Major locations of gas condensate plants worldwide. Coal transportation by sea. Flows of bauxite, iron ore, and steel in the World Ocean. Factors influencing the emergence of bauxite, alumina, and aluminum cargo flows in the World Ocean. "Bauxite bridges" in the World Ocean. Alumina "bridges" in the World Ocean. Aluminum transportation involving maritime transport. Maritime routes for iron ore transportation. Involvement of maritime transport in steel transportation. Major directions of maritime steel transportation. Container transport systems. Transport bridges. World container fleet. Concept of container terminals. Global container ports. Hub ports. Physical-geographical factors of port placement. The role of seaports in the economic development of territories. Transport characteristics of ports. Concepts of hinterland, foreland, foreport, and hub. Classification of seaports. Major ports in Europe. Black Sea-Azov Sea basin. Inland waterways of Ukraine. Ports in the Asia-Pacific region.