$973M deepening of Savannah harbor nearing halfway point - Gainesville Times

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$973M deepening of Savannah harbor nearing halfway point

In this photo provided by the Georgia Port Authority, the container ship COSCO Glory, with a capacity of 13,100 twenty-foot equivalent container units, passes the dredge Padre Island as it works the Savannah Harbor entrance channel, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Tybee Island, Ga. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers marked the completion of outer harbor dredging at the Port of Savannah Wednesday, as it reached the midpoint of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. (Stephen Morton) - photo by Associated Press

03012018 PORT — In this photo provided by the Georgia Port Authority, the container ship COSCO Glory, with a capacity of 13,100 twenty-foot equivalent container units, passes the dredge Padre Island as it works the Savannah Harbor entrance channel, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Tybee Island, Ga. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers marked the completion of outer harbor dredging at the Port of Savannah Wednesday, as it reached the midpoint of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. (Stephen Morton) - photo by Associated Press

SAVANNAH — A dredging ship on the Savannah River emptied another load of sand and mud capable of filling roughly 170 dump trucks Wednesday as officials overseeing the $973 million deepening of the shipping channel to the Port of Savannah declared the project had nearly reached its halfway point.