PORT DEEPENING and WIDENING PROJECT HIGHLIGHT:
CORPUS CHRISTI SHIP CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT – CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
PROJECT DETAILS
PROJECT CLIENT
Port of Corpus Christi, TX
DREDGES WORKED
Ellis Island, Terrapin Island,
Alaska, and Carolina
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
With more than 20 years in the making, GLDD kicks off this highly anticipated $380 million Channel Improvement Project, an undertaking that will deepen and widen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel from 47 to 54 feet and widen it from 400 to 530 feet. The first phase of dredging will begin upstream of the Port Aransas Ferry Landing and extend approximately 7.6 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. It is estimated that GLDD dredges will remove approximately 6.6 million cubic yards of dredge material from the waterway. Port officials expect a $39 billion economic impact as soon as everything is complete.
