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Feasibility study underway on dredging Miami harbour
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THE US Army Corps of Engineers will study improvements to the Port of Miami to enable it to handle larger containerships. A plan is expected by 2020.
There has been three major upgrades to the port's shipping channels in recent years, including a US$205 million project that ended in 2015.
Miami port director Juan Kurlya had requested a feasibility study from the corps in March that included deepening and widening the outer channel, widening the Lummus Island turning basin and widening the south shipping channel.
The 2018 Work Plan for the Miami Harbour Safety and Navigational Channel Improvements Programme includes $556,250 to start the study, which adheres to the corps' rule requiring completion within three years, no more than $3 million in federal cost and concurrent review at the corps' district, division and headquarters levels, reported Miami Today.
The study comes as pilots assisting ships navigating the harbour are having trouble maneuvering ships with capacities of 11,000 TEU. As a result, visiting vessels now demand to schedule weeks in advance to determine arrival conditions.
"As the port continues to increase its capacity, this feasibility study…is another important step to further serve our current customers and respond effectively to the next generation of cruise and cargo business," said Mr Kurlya.
The last expansion project that ended in September 2015 deepened and widened the Fisher Island turning basin, relocated the west end of the main channel and deepened and widened Fisherman's Channel and the Lummus Island turning basin. At that point depths were cited as 48 to 52 feet.
There has been three major upgrades to the port's shipping channels in recent years, including a US$205 million project that ended in 2015.
Miami port director Juan Kurlya had requested a feasibility study from the corps in March that included deepening and widening the outer channel, widening the Lummus Island turning basin and widening the south shipping channel.
The 2018 Work Plan for the Miami Harbour Safety and Navigational Channel Improvements Programme includes $556,250 to start the study, which adheres to the corps' rule requiring completion within three years, no more than $3 million in federal cost and concurrent review at the corps' district, division and headquarters levels, reported Miami Today.
The study comes as pilots assisting ships navigating the harbour are having trouble maneuvering ships with capacities of 11,000 TEU. As a result, visiting vessels now demand to schedule weeks in advance to determine arrival conditions.
"As the port continues to increase its capacity, this feasibility study…is another important step to further serve our current customers and respond effectively to the next generation of cruise and cargo business," said Mr Kurlya.
The last expansion project that ended in September 2015 deepened and widened the Fisher Island turning basin, relocated the west end of the main channel and deepened and widened Fisherman's Channel and the Lummus Island turning basin. At that point depths were cited as 48 to 52 feet.