![]() ![]() Norfolk Dredging did the work with two Cable Arm clamshell bucket dredges, the 38-cubic-yard Atlantic and the 30-cubic yard Virginian. Cutoff Angle was last dredged in 2014, Craighill Upper Range in 2009, Craighill Angle in 2017, Craighill Channel in 2007, Craighill Entrance in 2016, and Curtis Bay in 2009.Ĭorps Baltimore District Project Manager Jeremiah Spiga said the channels generally shoal about two feet or more along the outside quarter of the channel. The channels were dredged to 51 feet and vary in width from 400 to 700 feet. The work is part of the regular maintenance of the multiple channels that go from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia all the way into Baltimore Harbor that require periodic dredging to ensure continued safe navigation for vessels going in and out of the Port of Baltimore. Curtis Bay Channel, not pictured here, will also be dredged as part of the FY19 maintenance dredging scheduled to begin December 2018 and continue through spring 2019 through a $17.5 million contract. This map shows the five Baltimore Harbor approach channels being dredged by the U.S. The current project dredged material from six federal channels. ![]() The work is part of the regular maintenance of the multiple channels that go from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia into Baltimore Harbor. Work began in December 2018 and was completed on April 14. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District awarded the $24.6 million contract. In April, Norfolk Dredging Company (NDC) finished dredging 2.6 million cubic yards from the shipping channels leading to the Port of Baltimore.
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