Application of acquired knowledge on technical and technological properties related to water transport organization in solving problems in defining logistic chains and supply chains. Knowledge on the water transport organization, together with the knowledge acquired in the course Water Transport Technology, defines the place and role of water transport in the knowledge basis acquired in the courses dealing with other forms of transport (road and railway), and reloading means and technology. The courses that present the knowledge upgrade and process complex knowledge necessary for solving the problem of selecting the most feasible logistic chain (freight forwarding, company logistics, intermodal transport technologies) demand the proper knowledge on the basic forms of transport.