Goodloe Marine Inc., from Wimauma, Florida, has won a $9.3 million contract for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway maintenance dredging project.
Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Work will be performed in Charleston, South Carolina, with an estimated completion date of November 30, 2019, according to DoD.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, is the contracting activity.
The District is responsible for 15 navigation projects, along the South Carolina coast, stretching from Little River Inlet near the North Carolina border to Port Royal Harbor on South Carolina’s southern coast.
To keep the waterways open, the navigation program is responsible for the operation and maintenance of approximately 300 miles of navigation channels, which includes Charleston Harbor, several coastal inlets (Folly River, Jeremy Creek and Murrells Inlet), and the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in South Carolina.