US studies dredging of Miami harbour

The US Army Corps of Engineers is studying further dredging of Miami’s harbour to allow bigger ships to pass.

Some areas of the harbour’s access channel may be deepened or widened by the US government so that the port can handle 14,000 teu vessels.

With the expansion of the Panama Canal in 2016, there has been an increase in the size of vessels calling along the US’s East coast which has necccessitated infrastructure improvements.