The International Scientific and Technical Conference on “Sea and River Fleet: operation and repair” took place in National University “Odessa Maritime Academy” in order to exchange experience and results of scientific research and enhance the training quality of scientific works from 21 till 22 March, 2019. The plenary session discussed the improvement of educational programmes to train the cadets of NU “OMA”. The conference topics included the following sections: engines and power plants; operation and repair of transportation means of the sea and river fleet; engineering technologies of ecological and occupational safety at sea; modern information technologies in education and foreign language training for marine engineers. Upon the recommendation of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, the reports that meet the current requirements will be published in the collection “Ship Power Plants: Operation and Repair” (included in the list of professional publications).