DredgeWire28 Jul 2026Market
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The hopper dredge Stuyvesant will mobilize to Tampa this fall for the work, which involves dredging 700,000 cubic yards of sand to maintain Port Tampa Bay navigation channels and beneficially reuse the material for shoreline renourishment on Egmont Key. The contract was awarded through USACE Jacksonville District, and the vessel last operated in the harbor in 2025, dredging the middle section of the channel to create a bird island habitat near Sunken Island.
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It is the second USACE Jacksonville maintenance dredging contract awarded to The Dutra Group within five days, following the July 23 Hillsborough County award.
