Navios Maritime Holdings controls a fleet of 64 dry-bulk ships, workhorses of the sea that carry commodities such as grain, soybeans and iron ore. However, during a recent presentation about its business, specifically in a section touching on the prospects for a subsidiary called Navios South American Logistics, Angeliki Frangou, Navios' chairman and chief executive officer, noted there's another commodity driving the dry-bulk trade. It isn't dry. In fact, it's water. The company said "global 'virtual water' imbalances will continue to be a driver of agricultural trade" and grain exports equal the virtual water trade. "Virtual water" is a concept that has been widely written about by economists and environmentalists such as Arjen Y. Hoekstra, professor in water management at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
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机译：Navios Maritime Holdings控制着一支由64艘散货船组成的船队，这些散货船是海上运输工具，运载谷物，大豆和铁矿石等商品。但是，在最近关于其业务的演讲中，特别是在谈到子公司Navios South American Logistics的前景的部分中，Navios董事长兼首席执行官Angeliki Frangou指出，还有另一种商品推动了散装散货贸易。它不干。实际上是水。该公司表示，“全球“虚拟水”失衡将继续成为农业贸易的驱动力”，谷物出口与虚拟水贸易相当。 “虚拟水”是经济学家和环保主义者（例如荷兰特温特大学水管理教授Arjen Y. Hoekstra）广泛提出的概念。
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