Basics of the ship's design. Ship hull elements: ship's structure, ship building systems, materials. Ship's strength: ship's structure as box section a on an elastic support, strength of specific elements, load, stress and moments of area. Classification societies. Calculation forms of hull loads and strength requirements according to classification society standards. Shipbuilding: shipbuilding technologies and basic technological processes, ship's equipment. Shipyards: infrastructure, devices and equipment. Special purpose vessels. Ship's maintenance. Transport productivity and efficiency indicators of river transports. Economic analysis of the effectiveness of transporting. Ways to increase the effectiveness of transporting. The intensification of the use of basic production resources of water transport. Enhancing the quality of transporting. Modeling the system of transporting water. Selection of optimal variants of transporting water. Design of transport systems, using computers. The organization of the enterprise of water transport. Organization in water transport. Maritime law and regulations. Insurance in water transport. Agency activities. Commercial business.