ADVISORY/World's largest fleet of machinery working in New York/New Jersey Harbor; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides boat-side view of equipment.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday Thursday: see week. (Jan. 30) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2003 A fleet of the world's largest dredging dredging, process of excavating materials underwater. It is used to deepen waterways, harbors, and docks and for mining alluvial mineral deposits, including tin, gold, and diamonds. machinery - five dredges and two drill boats - are currently working to deepen deep·en tr. & intr.v. deep·ened, deep·en·ing, deep·ens To make or become deep or deeper. deepen Verb to make or become deeper or more intense Verb 1. the New York/New Jersey Harbor. From Upper New York Bay
Upper New York Bay, sometimes called Upper New York Harbor or the Upper Bay, is the northern area of New York Harbor inside The Narrows. through the Kill Van Kull Kill Van Kull (kĭl văn kŭl), channel, 4 mi (6.4 km) long and .5 mi (.8 km) wide, connecting Upper New York Bay with Newark Bay, between Bayonne, N.J., and Staten Island, N.Y. and into Newark Bay See also Newark Bay, South Georgia Newark Bay is a body of water, a tidal back bay of New York Harbor formed at the confluence of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers. , are extraordinarily powerful backhoe and clamshell dredges sharing waters with two drill boats, one of which is the largest in the world. The gathering of these world-class dredges and drill boats in one harbor at one time is not a typical scene for United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ports.
WHAT: Opportunity to view dredges and drill boats up close through
harbor boat inspection via U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel.
Operating in the New York/New Jersey Harbor are:
-- Kill van Kull Area 5- Drill boats Apache and MB 301 and backhoe
Dredge New York, the largest backhoe dredge in the world.
-- Kill van Kull Area 6- Backhoe dredges Tauricavor and Maricavor and
clamshell dredge Bean II
-- Port Jersey- Clamshell dredge Michigan
WHEN and WHERE: January 30, 2003 in the New York/New Jersey Harbor
from Newark Bay to Upper New York Bay.
Leaving from New Jersey: 10:00 a.m. - Corps vessel arrives at
Caven Point Marine Terminal in Jersey City, N.J. (Contact Corps for
directions to Caven Point)
Leaving from New York: 10:30 a.m. - Corps vessel arrives at Marine
Inspection Office (MIO) Pier at the battery on the tip of Manhattan.
The MIO pier is the first pier immediately to the west of the Staten
Island Ferry terminal at the battery.
WHO: Experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey available to speak about harbor
deepening projects and provide information regarding the working
fleet.
For additional information or to confirm participation contact: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Carolyn Vadino, 212/264-0109 or Peter Shugert, 212/264-1722 |
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