Dredging Operations: Gulfport Harbor, MS

Notice Number: 23-63

Notice is given to mariners that Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co.'s hopper dredge, the "Dodge Island," will commence maintenance dredging operations in the Gulfport Harbor Bar Channel during the week of September 4, 2023. Dredging operations will be conducted from approximately buoy 26 southward to buoy 2. The dredged material will be placed in the ocean disposal area west of the channel.

Dredging activities are expected to span a duration of 45 days. The dredge can be contacted on VHF Channels 13 and 16. Mariners should exercise extreme caution when transiting these areas.

For further information, please contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Irvington Site Office at (251) 957-6019.

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Ashley Kleinschrodt,
Chief Navigation Section