In evaluating proposals, the Port of Houston placed significant value on the dredging equipment’s total emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) while performing the contract. In addition to widening the channel, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock will pump 1.6 million cubic yards of dredged material to beneficially construct a new island for bird habitat and oyster mitigation. The project will allow for larger containerships and tankers to more safely and efficiently navigate the Houston Ship Channel to access the Port of Houston. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s awarded work entails the dredging of 11½-miles of the channel, widening a major portion of the Galveston Bay reach from 530 to 700 feet. Project 11 is an ambitious plan to widen the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel. This is the first phase of the extensive, multi-phase Houston Ship Channel billion-dollar expansion and deepening program.ĭredging is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2022 with estimated completion in the fourth quarter of 2022. Houston-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) reports the signing of a $92.5 million dredging contract for the Houston Ship Channel Widening and Improvement Project 11. GLDD president and CEO Lasse Petterson: “We are very pleased to have won this first contract within a year of relocating and becoming a Houston-based contractor.”
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