To know:

peculiarities of the functional activity of maritime and inland water transport enterprises;

economic methods of evaluating the activities of enterprises of the maritime transport complex of the state;

methods and forms of using material, human, technical and other types of resources in shipping.

To understand:

the nature of economic laws and the essence of foreign economic phenomena in the functioning and development of the world freight market,

the main economic principles of the functioning of world and national shipping, the relationship between the work of the maritime industry and the economy of the state in general.

To be able to:

analyze information on factors that affect the functioning of the freight market and the quality of marine transport products;

use the received information to solve problems and form forecasts regarding the development of shipping in changing conditions;

to find sources of improving the efficiency of maritime transport enterprises;

justify the economic effect of measures to improve the operation of the vessel in the voyage and from the introduction of new technical solutions on the vessel;

create proposals regarding the possibility of improving the efficiency of the ship in the field of technical management;

apply tools for improving the technical and technological safety of shipping;

Topic 1. The world freight market as the basis of shipping operations. Cyclicality of the freight market. Economic analysis of world cargo flows, the level of freight rates for various cargoes and transportation directions)

Topic 2. The main components of the maritime transport complex of the state. Enterprises of sea and river transport in the conditions of globalization of world markets.

Topic 3. Market of service services. Sea ports, their main characteristics. Performance indicators of sea and river ports. Functions of sea and river modern ports.

Topic 4. Functions and main areas of activity of shipping companies. Labor market and features of its functioning

Topic 5. Operational and technical characteristics of sea and river vessels.

Topic 6. Economic performance indicators of sea vessels and the fleet. Calculation of the system of economic indicators of fleet operation.

Topic 7. Flight of the ship, rationing of its elements, calculation of operational indicators

Topic 8. Features of water transport pricing. Factors affecting the determination of freight and tariff. Calculation of the cost of freight transportation