MTI has been working on the development of water transportation with bags since NYK began providing capital for Nordic Water Supply ASA (NWS), which had been engaged in water transportation. The combination of an economically constructed fabric-made bag and a towing tug with low operating costs will be expected to be able to offer water transportation at minimum cost.

MTI Waterbags have advantages over other means of water supply such as tankers, pipelines, and desalination:

• Lower investment costs
• Lower operational costs

Higher flexibility that meets changes in demand by offering:

• Optimal logistics and various volumes
• Fast installation and shut down

1. Water transportation from Turkey to Cyprus
   Between 1998 and 2002, NWS performed the world's first large-scale water transportation by towing bags of sizes up to 35,000 tons from Turkey to Cyprus (60 miles).
2. Towing experiment with next-generation Waterbag in Japan
   In October 2007, the trial of a 1,000-ton next-generation Waterbag prototype was carried out successfully on a route between Wakayama Prefecture and Tokushima Prefecture in Japan.