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It’s done! The Port Authority and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have announced that the harbor deepening project that began back in 2004, is finally done.
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The $2.1 billion endeavor even came in under budget according to authorities, as reported by The Jersey Journal.
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The Jersey Journal: The Main Navigation Channel Deepening Program, which began construction in 2004, will allow larger ships to access the Port’s container terminals, including Port Newark, GCT Bayonne and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal.
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“This $2.1 billion project was executed in a manner that allowed for over $800 million in savings and all the dredge material was used beneficially to enhance the environment,” he said. [Col. David Caldwell, the Army Corps’ New York District Commander]
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Funded by the Army Corps and the Port Authority, the project deepened the Ambrose Channel; the Anchorage Channel; the Port Channel; the Kill Van Kull; the main Newark Bay Channel to Port Elizabeth and Port Newark; Port Elizabeth and South Elizabeth tributary channels; and the Arthur Kill Channel. Read more from The Jersey Journal here…
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Happy 226th Birthday U.S. Coast Guard!
Coast Guard Day celebrates the birth of the United States Coast Guard on 4 August, 1790. First put in place by Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue Marine to enforce trade and tariff laws and deter smuggling, the duties of the USCG expanded as the nation grew.
In 1915, the Revenue Cutter Service was merged with the Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard was formed – a single maritime service dedicated to maritime rescue and enforcing our nation’s maritime laws.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s mission is to protect the public, the environment and U.S. economic interests in our nation’s waterways and coasts, in international waters, or any maritime region as called upon to serve.
Let’s celebrate and honor our nation’s oldest and premier maritime agency on their birthday and every day!
USCGC Sturgeon Bay WTGB 109. Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
USCG Response Boat -Medium cruising by the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
USCGC Sailfish WPB-87356 in the Upper Bay, Bayonne Bridge in the distance. Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
USCG Coastal Buoy Tender Katherine Walker WLM-552. Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
USCG Responce Boat- Medium patrols the Upper Bay. Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
USCGC Cutter Sailfish (WPB-87356). Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
USCG Response Boat – Small, on the KVK. Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) on the KVK. Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
USCGC Morro Bay WTGB 106 on the Hudson River. Photo by ©Mitch Waxman
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