12 Dec 2014

Army Corps Awards $25.6 Million Contract to Deepen the Arthur Kill Channel

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded a contract for $25.6 million to

30 Apr 2014

Army Corps Completes Blasting in the Arthur Kill Channel

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel observe shipping lane deepening being performed in the Arthur Kill Channel between the New York Container Terminal, Staten Island, New York and Elizabeth, New Jersey. Drilling and underwater blasting in the Arthur Kill Channel was completed on this contract during the last week in April 2014.

28 Jun 2013

Army Corps to Conduct Information Sessions in Elizabeth NJ to Discuss Ongoing Deepening of the Arthur Kill Channel

Army Corps to conduct two interactive information sessions in Elizabeth, New Jersey to discuss the status of the Arthur Kill Channel Deepening Contract.

1 Apr 2013

Army Corps Offers Update on Final Major Harbor 50 Foot Deepening Contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are improving the main shipping channels in the Port by deepening them to a depth of 50 feet, allowing more efficient access to the world’s largest oceangoing ships. The final major contract (S-AK-3) involves work in the Arthur Kill Channel between Elizabeth NJ and the New York Container Terminal; the Elizabeth Channel; the western 1,000 ft. of the Port Elizabeth Channel; and a small approximately two acre area in the Kill Van Kull Channel off of Bayonne NJ.

19 Feb 2013

Army Corps Awards Contract to Deepen the Arthur Kill Channel

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, has awarded a contract for deepening the Arthur Kill Channel. The Arthur Kill Channel deepening effort is part of a more extensive harbor-dredging project to create safe and efficient channels for a larger class of vessels that will be calling at the Port of New York and New Jersey.