What is the cost? Dredging is the single largest business expense for Port Saint John. About 1/3 of all the revenue made from business at the Port is
{"Image DocumentName": "What is the cost? Dredging", "Image ImageDescription": "Dredging is the single largest business expense for Port Saint John. About 1/3 of all the revenue made from business at the Port is spent on dredging each year. In 2012, the cost of dredging was  4.2 million. The cost always depends on how much silt must be removed and how much the dredging company charges per unit of material. Due to the high expense of dredging the Port is partnering in a 4-year study with scientists at UNB to look at ways we can predict the sediment each year, and, perhaps, alter the water flow to reduce the amount of dredging. Other locations, such as the Fraser River in British Columbia, spend up to  10 million on dredging every year. They can lessen the cost by selling the gravel they dredge from the river. We cannot do that here because our dredge material (silt) is too wet and the particles of sediment are much finer; therefore it is not useful for construction. Dredging.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}