TRANSPORT. SAFETY AND ECOLOGY. LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT
Fresh drinking water as the necessary component of freight base of container line
Existence of reliable/safe freight or transportation base is a requirement for establishing maritime transportation company. Therefore, Georgia has to search for internal freight base necessary for container transportation which is highly and permanently demanded on a global market. Pure drinking water represents such product for Georgia.
According to UN, the world demand on the fresh water is increasing rapidly. The accessibility of it is decreasing day by day on our planet. It’s proved by the macroeconomic researches that Georgia possesses the resources of the world importance in the form of the fresh drinking water.
The paper presents the methods of the transportation of fresh drinking water, calculation of the potential income received from the export and its role in the development of Georgian economy.