The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, Port of Brownsville, and NextDecade, LLC, celebrated the groundbreaking for phase two of Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project, Dec. 6, 2024. This project is one of four nationwide Public-Private Partnerships (P3) announced by the White House in June 2019. The project will deepen the Port of Brownsville Ship Channel from 42 to 52 feet and will facilitate increased cargo movements, reduce transit times, and increase the channel’s operational safety. U.S. Army video by Trevor Welsh.
SWG’s, Corpus Christi Resident Office recently opened the doors and gangplank of one of its survey vessels to students from the Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science (CBI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC).
The CBI students have spent most of their time in college studying land surveying and are interested in pursuing careers in surveying and hydrography.
James M. Naismith, CBI’s, Chair for Excellence in...