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After 18-Month Pause, Dredging Resumes at Port of Savannah
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The 250-ft. Dredge Charleston, built in 2000, which utilizes a 24-in. diameter pipeline to pump debris and other material from the seafloor.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Dredging to deepen the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah has resumed after an 18-month pause, Col. Daniel Hibner of the Army Corps of Engineers recently announced as the second half of the $973 million expansion has started to get under way. This portion, which is making room for larger cargo ships, involves deepening a 40-mi. (65 km) stretch along the Savannah River and into the Atlantic Ocean. “This is another element of work as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) to deepen the harbor to
the new authorized depth of 47 feet,” said Spencer Davis, senior project manager of SHEP. “This depth will allow the larger, neo-Panamax container vessels to call on the harbor with fewer tidal delays.” It was reported that dredging was placed on hold at the halfway point in March 2018 because a court settlement required the Corps to demonstrate that it could use machines to offset a small loss of dissolved oxygen in the river before starting the project’s second half. The agency reportedly released results of a test run for its oxygen machines in August. “The project includes removal of all new work material, including any material within the existing maintenance
prism, to required project depth of 47 feet,” Davis stated. “The material to be removed is located between Stations 70+000 to 103+000. All dredged material will be placed in existing upland dredged material containment areas (DMCAs). The contractor will be responsible for proper operation and maintenance of the DMCAs during dredging operations. Approximately 5,000,000 cubic yards of material will be removed from the channel during the contract.” The contract amount is approximately $133.2 million, and the prime contractor is Norfolk Dredging Company. A notice to proceed was issued on Sept. 10 and the period of performance is 730 days from that date. see DREDGE page 4