Barge use in the modern age.

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OK, lets do the maths. It takes 15000 units of Gold Ore to fill a barge. New London buys it for 30sc/unit. That is 450000 new SC (45 million old SC). A mining ship used to get about 2000 (20)sc/unit and for 6x 5000k transports = 20 x 15000 - 30 million old Sirus credits or 300k new SC. This leaves just 10 million (100k today to transport and make a profit on.

There is no money in mining it seems either for the miner operator or the transport pilot.

Canary Wharf is paying 45 credits per unit for Gold Ore.

That is 4,500 old SC. A very good return! Do you sell refined Gold?