| Client |
| | USACE- Wilmington District |
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| Contract |
| | Dredge Type: Cutter Suction Dredge
Quantity: 6,500,000 cubic yards
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| Description |
| | This project involved dredging and disposing of 6,500,000 cubic yards of new work material. In the first phase, the existing Baldhead Shoal Channel was relocated about 13,000 feet southeast of its prior mouth. The new channel deepened the existing seabed to a depth of -44 feet, with channel width varying from 720 feet to 500 feet. The approximate total contract area was 12,172,000 square feet.
The second phase involved deepening and widening the port's channel in the Cape Fear River from Keg Island to Lower Brunswick. Project operations entailed removing 2,200,000 cubic yards of silty sand and sand with a cutter suction dredge as well as drilling and blasting efforts for the removal of 340,000 cubic yards of limestone. This material was transported via barge to an ocean disposal site. |
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