Technical and Economic Aspects of Transporting Icebergs to Regions Threatened with Shortages of Freshwater Supplies

Long-distance transport of icebergs is within the scope of large-scale projects related to freshwater supply to regions threatened with freshwater shortages. Different solutions to transport icebergs have been proposed, however, doubts remain as to its costeffectiveness and technology used. The profitability of obtaining drinking water from icebergs is influenced mainly by transport costs, including the costs of finding a suitable iceberg and its storage in destination port, towing time and loss of ice mass due to melting. The article presents a critical analysis of the most advanced iceberg transport projects. Selected technical and economic aspects of iceberg transport were analyzed. The concept of iceberg towing technology has been proposed.