Miami Dredging Moves One Step Closer to Being Ready for Panamax

The Port of Miami and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed the construction agreement that will allow the Deep Dredge project to go out for bid, the port said. "The project agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the final step prior to advertising for the construction contract," said port director Bill Johnson. "We are on schedule to complete the Deep Dredge at the same time the expanded Panama Canal opens." The Deep Dredge will deepen the port's existing channels to minus 50/52 feet to prepare for the Panama Canal expansion, now scheduled for completion in early 2015.