Security Challenges and Development of Seaports: Educational Context

Abstract

The paper deals with implementation of the function of ensuring economic security by seaports. In the absence of a generally accepted statistical basis for the analysis of seaports, the experience of countries is used as arguments. The logic of the research involved the construction and analysis of a competitive map of the world port market. World trends show a reduction in place states play in decision-making related to the development of ports and the expansion of composition and role of other stakeholders. The main challenges to the development of seaports are identified: focus and consistency of countries’ activities; implementation of international infrastructure projects; dependence on trade flows, development of logistics chains; willingness of countries to make long-term investments; improvement of the quality of port ties with the system of professional and higher education, scientific and analytical organizations.