Posted on November 7, 2022
Dredging for the Houston Ship Channel Expansion-Project 11 continues! Port Houston is expediting the work by employing multiple dredge companies. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC is currently dredging Segment 1A, from Bolivar Roads to Redfish, which will widen the Houston Ship Channel to 700 feet. Curtin Maritime, Corp. via DB Avalon, the largest clamshell dredge in North America, commenced dredging at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal in October. Weeks Marine, Inc. will commence dredging in Segment 2 (Bayport Ship Channel) in early 2023. Orion Marine Group removed abandoned pipelines in Segments 1B and 1C between January and June 2022. #project11 #PortHOU #Dredging