The basic chaacteristics of waterborne transport. Fleet characteristics. The basic exploitation characteristics of waterways. The basics of river sediment and morphology. Regulation of rivers for navigation: determination of the natural characteristics of the regime and the necessary volume of regulation, regulation of the river bed, river channeling. Navigable channels – planning, design and construction. Ship locks – classification, filling and emptying systems, calculations and main elements. Ship lock capacity. Ship lifts and inclined planes. Maintenance of inland waterways. Technical fleet – definition, characteristics and exploatation. Fundamentals of waterways and ports at sea. Information systems and management of traffic on navigable waterways. Intelligent infrastructure and advanced techniques in vessel traffic control. Port Terminals: General cargo terminal, container terminal, multi-purpose terminal, Ro-Ro terminal, bulk terminal cargo, liquid cargo terminal, the terminal for container-floating barges. Processing and servicing of transport vessel assets in ports: operation technology of transport vessels in the ports, the structure of commodity operations and coordination with operation of port assets and common forms of transportation, distribution of vessels in landing places. Port planning and development: phase of port development, port management development, principles of planning, traffic forecasts, detailed planning and zoning, investment planning. Models of port planning system - an analytical and experimental model. Analytical models of port system with Markovski discrete and continuous time chains. Models for the composition processing of towboats and barges in the clasp of anchorage- operative banks. The analytical models for determining the medium relative time for vessels waiting at anchorage. Experimental model - a port simulation model.