Mobile Engineer District

Mobile Engineer District update on Mobile Harbor project

Since 2020, the Mobile Engineer District Mobile Harbor Project, and its partners have sought to deepen and widen the Mobile Harbor Channel by five feet from the Gulf of Mexico through Mobile Bay and into Mobile Harbor. The entrance channel through the Gulf is being deepened from 45 feet to 50 feet.

Additionally, the southern portion of the Bay channel is being widened by 100 feet for 3 miles to accommodate two-way traffic. Two bends are being eased to facilitate more efficient navigation from...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/mobile-engineer-district-update-on-mobile-harbor-project/

Weeks Marine wins $62 million USACE contract

Dredging contractor Weeks Marine Inc. has been awarded a $62,055,622 firm-fixed-price contract for harbor deepening and widening.

Work will be performed in Irvington, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30, 2025. Fiscal 2020 civil construction funds and fiscal 2023 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $62,055,622 were obligated at the time of the award.

Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/weeks-marine-wins-62-million-usace-contract/