Russian Maritime Education Should Be! What to Be?

The growth of the national economy and the development of the quality of human resources are in a constant and continuous relationship. Professional maritime education as a component of the socio-economic system that forms human capital requires implementing new approaches; relevant educational programs are developed considering industries' level and development directions. Strategically important maritime and shipbuilding industries today have several problems caused by the need to strengthen the professional training of specialists and the formation of supraprofessional competencies. The purpose of the work is to study the current state and determine the prospects for the development of maritime education, which provides the domestic labour market with specialists and officers of marine and shipbuilding profiles. The subject of the study is the motivational and educational-professional components of the quality of human resources of marine specialists. The article, based on a modern theoretical and methodological basis, examines the evolution and expected results of the choice of profession of specialists in marine and shipbuilding profiles, the state and needs of the labour market of the marine industry and concludes the need and relevance of the formation of students not only professional but also supra-professional competencies.