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Workboat Annual 2003

The Project

Many pieces of equipment are work- ing to deepen the three active contract areas in the Kill van Kull to 45 ft., which stretches eight miles from Upper New

York Bay into Newark Bay. Eventually, using a creative "piggyback" contract by

Colonel John B. O'Dowd, District Engineer

Christopher G. Gunsten. Project Manager,

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. budget. The first phase of this project began in the mid 1980s and deepened the KvK to 40 ft.. Now. because of the demand of the larger vessels calling at the port, contractors have been working to construct a 50-ft. channel in certain areas. Post-Panamax vessels, which to the outside eye can appear no different from 10 years ago. actually will carry 8.000 containers, compared to 3,000 typically loaded on today's Panamax ships. The Kill van Kull is one of the most heavily trafficked channels in the port, where dredging, drilling and blast- ing occurs daily.

Circle 301 on Reader Service Card the Port Authority of New York and

New Jersey, a portion of the KvK chan- nel will be the first completed 50-ft. channel in the port.

Years before the mobilization of the first dredge, before the first project area was awarded to a contractor, the KvK team worked together to produce a

Project Management Plan during the planning and design phase. Now, the

Project Delivery Team has executed an aggressive, accelerated schedule, which by 2004 will complete the deepening project ahead of schedule and under

Dredge New York

Dimensions

Length 200 ft (61 m)

Breadth 57ftKRs4m)

Depth 15 ft (4.6 m)

Draft 7 #12.1 m)

Bucket Size 7-25 cu. yd. (5-19 cu. m.)

Operating Parameters

Dig Depth Range 60 to 83 ft (18.3 to 25.3 m)

Machinery & Power

Fuel Capacity 60,000 gal (227.1241)

Total Installed Power 3,434 hp (2.561 kW)

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