Newark Bay maintenance dredging project complete

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District recently completed dredging four federal navigation channels in New York-New Jersey Harbor ─ Newark Bay Main Channel, Port Newark, Port Elizabeth and South Elizabeth ⎼ through the Newark Bay Maintenance Dredging Project.

The work supports deep-draft commercial vessels calling on the Port of New York that, in turn, generates billions for the regional economy each year.

Approximately 250,000 cubic yards of accumulated sediment was removed from these 40- and 50-foot shipping channels, allowing them to maintain authorized depths for the safe navigation of massive container ships.

Maintenance dredging of Newark Bay channels is conducted each year ─ the Project Delivery Team (a group of interdisciplinary professionals guiding the initiative) has been working hard to execute a maintenance-dredging construction project each year, ensuring dredging is conducted safely, on schedule and within budget.