Maritime and Port Management - GEMA | Page 3

Orientation Nowadays, about 90% of world trade is carried by international shipping and is constantly expanding. Without it, it would not be possible to import and export of goods necessary to maintain the dynamism and trade in today’s world scale. Orientation In this context, the Master Program in Maritime and Port Management includes the following areas of study: Maritime economy. Development, management and sustainable port operations; operating costs of freight and chartering of ships; traffic; special cargo; marine insurance; complementarity maps of foreign trade; job skills; port security; life at sea and protection of the marine environment. Competitiveness. The Porter Diamond model (research methodology Academic Network of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School); business creation; systemic competitiveness of regions; production chains (clusters). Entrepreneurship. Research methodologies; maps complementarity with strategic partners in foreign trade of Ecuador in the Pacific Rim and Asia Pacific Regionalization. Studies and teaching-learning environment will drive the student to build a personal project and a vision of his or her future and about their career and work options.