Horn Island Pass-Upper Sound-Pascagoula Harbor Dredge McCaskill-Weeks Marine

Notice Number: 201524/22-72
Date: 10/22/2022 00:00 thru 11/24/2022 00:00

Horn Island Pass Channel:

Notice is given to mariners that Weeks Marine Dredge McCaskill will begin dredging operations in and around the Pascagoula Harbor-Horn Island Pass navigation channel on approximately 22 October 2022 using a cutterhead suction dredge. The dredge material will be placed in DA 10 off the southern shore of West Petit Bois Island. Dredging activities are expected to continue for approximately four weeks.

Pascagoula Upper Sound:

Notice is given to mariners that Weeks Marine Dredge McCaskill will begin dredging in the Pascagoula Harbor-Upper Sound navigation channel on approximately 17 November 2022 using a cutterhead suction dredge. The dredge material will be placed in the open water disposal area adjacent to the channel. Dredging activities are expected to continue for approximately 7 days.

Floating and submerged pipelines will be used to complete the work. The dredge plant can be contacted on VHF-FM Channels 13 and 16.

Mariners should exercise extreme caution when transiting this area.

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

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ASHLEY N. KLEINSCHRODT
Chief, Navigation Section