PortMiami Deep Dredge Project

PortMiami is one of the busiest container ports in the US.

The PortMiami Deep Dredge Project was a project that expanded PortMiami by dredging the bay to allow new, larger cargo ships to enter the port.[1] The project was related to the "New Panamax" project that was completed in 2016 that involved a major expansion of the Panama Canal. The port, which was 42 feet deep,[2] was dredged to 50 feet in depth to allow the new Super Post Panamax megaships to enter. This project also coincided with the Port Miami Tunnel project, which was completed in 2014, that allows trucks to bypass Downtown Miami, resulting in twice the traffic capacity to the port. The ports of New York, Norfolk, and Baltimore have already undergone these projects.[3] The Deep Dredge, along with port facility improvements such as the addition of two new large gantry cranes, made PortMiami capable of berthing even the next largest container vessels in the world, the Maersk Triple E Class, which has a draught of 48 feet (15 m) and is nearly 200 feet (61 m) wide, and was completed in 2015.[4]

  1. ^ "USA: Port of Miami Needs Dredging". 10 October 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/21/1785682/port-of-miami-puts-rail-project.html [dead link]
  3. ^ "USA: Port of Miami Deep Dredge Project to Double its Cargo Capacity". 26 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Miami-Dade County".