 This paper proposes a new approach to assessing the reliability of shipboard navigation equipment using cloud computing services. It analyzes the characteristics of the navigation information processed by the shipboard navigation and information system, studies the results of its usage, and creates a technological diagram of the basic components of the information systems of shipboard hardware complex, ISSHC, for master's degree training course. Additionally, an effective technology of Excel documents processing is selected, and a system of access and usage of web services for calculation table processing in the system of distance learning is designed. Finally, a process of competency formation is proposed that enables students to use cloud services. This article was authored by Lyudmila V. Kravtsova, Tatyana V. Zaitseva, Ola M. Bezbach and others.