Port Everglades - Click for Chartview

The heavily trafficked Port Everglades Turning Basin lies immediately south of the 17’th Avenue Bridge in Fort Lauderdale, and legendary Pier 66 Yacht Harbor. The AICW cuts north to south right through the heart of the port’s basin. These waters are also the staging area for important Port Everglades Inlet, one of the most reliable seaward cuts in all of Florida.
Note that the dredging, described below, in this article cherry picked from the latest Local Notice to Mariners WILL impact the AICW channel through the Port Everglades Basin. So, between 2/20/13 and 4/8/13, all those piloting vessels through these often congested waters need to take extra caution!

FLORIDA-FORT LAUDERDALE-PORT EVERGLADES: Dredge Operations.
Great Lakes Dredge Company will begin dredge operations in Port Everglades; including the Entrance Channel, Intracoastal Waterway, and various dockside locations around the Port. Operations will begin on or around February 20 and will continue until approximately April 8, 2013. The dredge “TEXAS” will operate 24 hours a day/7 days a week. During the duration of the project a loading barge will be positioned just north of the boat ramp and docks at John Lloyd State Park. Dredge equipment may be obstructing the waterways at times but will not take up more than half
of the federal channel. Contractors will be monitoring marine channel 14 and 16. POC for the project is Mr. Matt Jack (630) 209-9862. Mariners are urged to minimize wake and proceed with extreme caution. Chart 11470

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