![]() ![]() Simply put, the dig is essential for the port's long-term survival. ![]() ![]() The effort is necessary to accommodate the growing number of very large containerships that come calling on the port. Army Corps of Engineering - New York District, hosted by Colonel John O'Dowd, District Engineer, to view first-hand the gargantuan task of digging the navigation channels to 50 ft. Maritime Reporter recently ventured out into the harbor with the U.S. bucket scoop of the bottom of Kill van Kull breaking above the water's surface and being unceremoniously dumped into an awaiting 4.000 yard scow - a process that takes all of 60 seconds - one quickly appreciates the engineering genius behind the behemoth from Liebherr, the entire vessel in fact, as it steadily works to deepen the navigation channel for the growing fleet of very large, very deep draft containerships that call on the ports ot New York/New Jersey. by Greg Trauthwein The initial thought while standing in the working cockpit of the world's largest backhoe dredge is: "how does this thing not simply snap off and fall in?" However, with each 13-yd. is the second largest USACE project ever. Boston can claim its new tunnel project as the "big dig", but the nearly $3 billion effort to dredge navigation channels in and around New York to 45 - and eventually 50 ft. ![]()
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