ARC Surveying Shows Benefits of their ARC/Aquares Geophysical Survey in Jacksonville Harbor

Advanced Geophysics Jacksonville Harbor Deepening.

A Comparison of Core Borings Versus an Arc/Aquares Geophysical Survey St Johns River, Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida.

HARBOR DEEPENING FACTS:

  • JAXPORT currently supports more than 138,000 jobs throughout the region and creates $31 billion in economic impact every year.
  • JAXPORT has grown Asian container volumes nearly 100 percent since 2012.
  • Local jobs associated with JAXPORT’s Asian business grew more than 57 percent in a five-year period.
  • These jobs and this business depend on harbor deepening to accommodate more cargo aboard today’s bigger ships.
  • More than 15,000 jobs are created or protected by this project.
  • JAXPORT’s leadership worked diligently to keep this project on time, reducing the scope and ensuring that the returns far outweigh the costs.
  • The best environmental modeling in the world, plus peer review by scores of independent scientists, advocates for the environmental safety of the full project design.