Posted on February 25, 2016
By Annie Ropeik, Delaware First Media
A years-long effort to bring the Delaware River shipping channel into the modern era is nearing its last phase.
The Army Corps has been working since 2010 to dredge the channel from 40 down to 45 feet deep. That’s the new standard for a port to handle the huge ships that’ll transit the newly expanded Panama Canal.
“Once that Panama Canal expansion’s done, there’ll be some container ships that are larger, that would not be able to use this channel as it is now,” says Army Corps spokesman Ed Voigt.
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