Jun Yan, project manager at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, explains why a federal navigation channel is dredged and how important it is to the region’s economy.

Donjon Marine was awarded the $53 million contract to dredge the Newark Bay, which started in September 2025 and is nearing completion. As part of the USACE’s Newark Bay Maintenance Dredging Project, Donjon is restoring the federal navigation channel to an authorized depth of 50 ft.

The video can be seen below: