This project involved dredging and disposing of 6.5 million yd³ of new work material. First, the existing Baldhead Shoal Channel was relocated some 13,000 ft southeast of its prior mouth. The new channel took the existing seabed, which ranged from -16 to -44 ft, to a grade of -44, with channel width varying from 720 ft to 500 ft. The approximate total contract area was 12,172,000 ft². The second segment involved deepening and widening the port's channel in the Cape Fear River from Keg Island to Lower Brunswick, removing 2.2 million yd³ of silty sand and sand via cutter suction dredge; drilling and blasting for removal of 340,000 yd³ of limestone, with material to be transported via barge to an ocean disposal site.