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From page 7... ... , "=is is to provide for smooth operation and to avoid costly accidents for inadequately designed channels and maneuvering areas, and an excessive cost of constructing and maintaining the overdesigned navigational facilities." Table 1 indicates the scope of concerns for navigation and maintenance in the channels of deep-draft ports and harbors -- those 30 ft or more in depth.* The costs of dredging to maintain channel depths and the tonnages of trade accommodated by these channels are obviously considerable. Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... L,500 Los Angeles-Long Beach 45 144.0 60,780,900 Harbor San Diego Harbor 35 0 2,360,;200 Connecticut Bridgeport Harbor 35 2;24.8 3,732,600 New Haven Harbor 3S 566.9 11,323,200 New London Harbor 33 7.8 2,550,600 Delaware Florida Georgia IWW Delaware to 32 10,322.9 10,226,200 Wilmington Harbor 35 1,851.0 2,162,100 New Castle 35 1,202.2 8,278,;200 Delaware City 35 516.5 3,556,400 Charlotte Harbor 32 1,322.5 1,067,300 Canaveral Harbor 36 2,438.7 2,341,500 Panama City Harbor 32 210.0 282,900 Port St. Joe Harbor 35 167.8 326,200 Pensacola Harbor 33 633.6 1,538,600 Palm Beach Harbor 33 209.9 728,600 Jacksonville Harbor 38 3,098.7 13,119,400 Key West Harbor 30 25.7 202,600 Tampa Harbor 36 2,309.4 46,866,400 Miami Harbor 38 20.3 3,098,900 Port Everglades Harbor 42 83.7 11,929,300 Brunswick Harbor 30 3,490.5 1,259,000 Savannah Harbor 38 10,429.8 10,633,400 Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... Hawaii Port Allen Harbor 35 63.7 89,300 Nawiliwili Harbor 35 535.3 765,900 Kahului Harbor 35 671.2 1,922,100 Hilo Harbor 35 352.2 1,272,700 Honolulu Harbor 45 167.7 7,140,500 Louisiana Calcasieu River & Pass 40 7,336.1 13,563,000 New Orleans 40 16,661.9 77,231,400 Baton Rouge 40 18,297.5 123,937,800 Maine Portland Harbor 35 613.4 21,964,800 Maryland Baltimore Harbor 42 2,477.6 37,074,600 & Channel Massachusetts Cape Cod Canal 32 4,096.6 12,226,600 Fall River Harbor 35 133.2 4,642,300 Boston Harbor 40 181.1 24, 700 Mississippi Gulfport Harbor 30 1,899.2 950,000 Pascagoula Harbor 38 2 ,485 .5 18 ,258,200 New Hampshire Portsmouth Harbor 35 140.7 3, 293, 300 New Jersey Camden 30 264.6 1,787,400 Gloucester 35 245.4 1,690,000 Paulsboro 40 2,522.9 17,372,800 New York Hudson River, Albany 32 1,907.5 10,440,500 New York-New Jersey 45 12 ,905 .7 119, 317 ,600 North Carolina Morehead City Harbor 40 1,969.6 2,069,400 Wilmington Harbor 38 3,041.6 7,422,800 Oregon Yaquina Bay & Harbor 32 1,379.2 668,500 Coos Bay 45 3,652.3 S,218,900 Portland 40 12,567.1 16,524,952 Astoria 40 881.7 1,159,300 Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... , Report to Accompany S 1692, National Harbors Improvement and Maintenance Act of 1981, 97th Congress, 1st Session, pp. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... In the interest of providing the technical basis for design and maintenance of dredged navigational channels, the panel undertook an evaluation of the criteria used to determine channel depths in the United States. The panel reviewed o Criteria used in the United States for channel depths; o Considerations important to the evaluation of channel depths; o Voluntary consensus standards developed by international organizations; and o Criteria used in other maritime nations with highly developed port technology. Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... ined Product BALDBVTTE 244bbl 665 84 31 Tanker Tanker ESSO PORTI`AND 50,084 645 120 37 Crane Ship SARITA 42,000 677 121 37 Barge Carrier AIMERIA LYKES 38,410 876 106 39 Dry Cargo AMERICAN TRADER 29,749 820 100 41 Containership KORRIGAN 57,200 947 43 Ore/Bulk/Oil ULTRASEA 83,437 893 106 46 Bulk WORLD DULCE 133,361 570 142 52 Bulk SAMRAT ASHOK 72,600 856 58 ore SlIINRXU MARIJ 88,800 959 59 Tanker SAN DIEGO 188,500 952 166 59 Ore/Bulk/Oil RHETORIC 77,000 996 - 60 Ore/Oil BRAZILIAN WEALTH 141,800 1099 72 Bulk/Oil LAUREL W=A~1 72,300 940 72 Tanker ESSO PACIFIC 508,000 1280 233 83 a a Not acac~odated by dredged channels of the United States Read the entire page →

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... , "=is is to provide for smooth operation and to avoid costly accidents for inadequately designed channels and maneuvering areas, and an excessive cost of constructing and maintaining the overdesigned navigational facilities." Table 1 indicates the scope of concerns for navigation and maintenance in the channels of deep-draft ports and harbors -- those 30 ft or more in depth.* The costs of dredging to maintain channel depths and the tonnages of trade accommodated by these channels are obviously considerable.

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... L,500 Los Angeles-Long Beach 45 144.0 60,780,900 Harbor San Diego Harbor 35 0 2,360,;200 Connecticut Bridgeport Harbor 35 2;24.8 3,732,600 New Haven Harbor 3S 566.9 11,323,200 New London Harbor 33 7.8 2,550,600 Delaware Florida Georgia IWW Delaware to 32 10,322.9 10,226,200 Wilmington Harbor 35 1,851.0 2,162,100 New Castle 35 1,202.2 8,278,;200 Delaware City 35 516.5 3,556,400 Charlotte Harbor 32 1,322.5 1,067,300 Canaveral Harbor 36 2,438.7 2,341,500 Panama City Harbor 32 210.0 282,900 Port St. Joe Harbor 35 167.8 326,200 Pensacola Harbor 33 633.6 1,538,600 Palm Beach Harbor 33 209.9 728,600 Jacksonville Harbor 38 3,098.7 13,119,400 Key West Harbor 30 25.7 202,600 Tampa Harbor 36 2,309.4 46,866,400 Miami Harbor 38 20.3 3,098,900 Port Everglades Harbor 42 83.7 11,929,300 Brunswick Harbor 30 3,490.5 1,259,000 Savannah Harbor 38 10,429.8 10,633,400

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... Hawaii Port Allen Harbor 35 63.7 89,300 Nawiliwili Harbor 35 535.3 765,900 Kahului Harbor 35 671.2 1,922,100 Hilo Harbor 35 352.2 1,272,700 Honolulu Harbor 45 167.7 7,140,500 Louisiana Calcasieu River & Pass 40 7,336.1 13,563,000 New Orleans 40 16,661.9 77,231,400 Baton Rouge 40 18,297.5 123,937,800 Maine Portland Harbor 35 613.4 21,964,800 Maryland Baltimore Harbor 42 2,477.6 37,074,600 & Channel Massachusetts Cape Cod Canal 32 4,096.6 12,226,600 Fall River Harbor 35 133.2 4,642,300 Boston Harbor 40 181.1 24, 700 Mississippi Gulfport Harbor 30 1,899.2 950,000 Pascagoula Harbor 38 2 ,485 .5 18 ,258,200 New Hampshire Portsmouth Harbor 35 140.7 3, 293, 300 New Jersey Camden 30 264.6 1,787,400 Gloucester 35 245.4 1,690,000 Paulsboro 40 2,522.9 17,372,800 New York Hudson River, Albany 32 1,907.5 10,440,500 New York-New Jersey 45 12 ,905 .7 119, 317 ,600 North Carolina Morehead City Harbor 40 1,969.6 2,069,400 Wilmington Harbor 38 3,041.6 7,422,800 Oregon Yaquina Bay & Harbor 32 1,379.2 668,500 Coos Bay 45 3,652.3 S,218,900 Portland 40 12,567.1 16,524,952 Astoria 40 881.7 1,159,300

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... , Report to Accompany S 1692, National Harbors Improvement and Maintenance Act of 1981, 97th Congress, 1st Session, pp.

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From page 11...

... In the interest of providing the technical basis for design and maintenance of dredged navigational channels, the panel undertook an evaluation of the criteria used to determine channel depths in the United States. The panel reviewed o Criteria used in the United States for channel depths; o Considerations important to the evaluation of channel depths; o Voluntary consensus standards developed by international organizations; and o Criteria used in other maritime nations with highly developed port technology.

Read the entire page →

From page 12...

... ined Product BALDBVTTE 244bbl 665 84 31 Tanker Tanker ESSO PORTI`AND 50,084 645 120 37 Crane Ship SARITA 42,000 677 121 37 Barge Carrier AIMERIA LYKES 38,410 876 106 39 Dry Cargo AMERICAN TRADER 29,749 820 100 41 Containership KORRIGAN 57,200 947 43 Ore/Bulk/Oil ULTRASEA 83,437 893 106 46 Bulk WORLD DULCE 133,361 570 142 52 Bulk SAMRAT ASHOK 72,600 856 58 ore SlIINRXU MARIJ 88,800 959 59 Tanker SAN DIEGO 188,500 952 166 59 Ore/Bulk/Oil RHETORIC 77,000 996 - 60 Ore/Oil BRAZILIAN WEALTH 141,800 1099 72 Bulk/Oil LAUREL W=A~1 72,300 940 72 Tanker ESSO PACIFIC 508,000 1280 233 83 a a Not acac~odated by dredged channels of the United States

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Introduction Pages 7-12

Introduction
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