The structure of the world economy and international trade today creates interdependencies between continents. International trade is one of the most important drivers of the World Economy, and this is one of the basic prerequisites for delivering different products and raw materials from one place to another. In our day it is quite natural that the products on the shelves come from the farthest points in the world. Global commodity and commodity trading The lion's share is complicated by sea transport, so I think we can boldly say that we have any products in our hands, there is a relationship with shipping. Part of my thesis topic was partly motivated. Hungary has a small, open economy, with poor natural resources and highly foreign trade. The changes in the sea trade are therefore of great importance to Hungary as well.