Port Manatee awards Berth 12 dredging contract

By on Jul 30, 2010

The Manatee County Port Authority has awarded the contract for Port Manatee's Berth 12 dredging project to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co

The project, which includes dredging the berth to a depth of 41 feet at mean-low-water and extending it from 1,000 feet to nearly 1,600 feet, is the final piece of Port Manatee's eleven-year, $200 million port expansion project

Port Manatee's new Berth 12 is expected to accommodate containerised shipping, and is scheduled to be operational by early-2011