What are the overall benefits to be attained by deepening the Delaware River?
• Insure Competitiveness. The modernization of the Delaware River Channel will ensure the future competitiveness of the existing facilities and proposed new facilities, such as Paulsboro, SouthPort etc., by: 1. Providing sufficient depth to allow the most cost effective vessels to bring their cargoes without delay to the facilities along the River. 2. Enhancing safety and security by modifying existing bends in the channel to safely accommodate larger vessels. 3. Allowing the facilities along the River to sustain and to grow the niches that they currently occupy by reducing the costs to ship. 4. Encouraging future public-private investment in facilities along the River. 5. Reducing operating costs of vessels calling on the Ports by about $1.2 billion over the life of the project. 6. Several of the critical cargoes, such as containers, oil, steel imports, scrap steel exports and cement aggregates would substantially benefit from deeper water. • Sustain and Increase Employment. 1. The po
