by Port of Iberia Admin | May 2, 2025 | AGMAC, News
Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel Phase II is nearing completion of dredging 20 miles from Intracoastal City to the Freshwater Bayou lock. This will complete the 60 miles of dredging which began over 3 years ago with a total project spend of $126 million. Craig...
by Port of Iberia Admin | Mar 8, 2024 | AGMAC, News
With Phase I of the deepening project nearing completion bids were recently received for Phase II of the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel (AGMAC). This second phase of dredging will be 20 miles long from Intracoastal City to the Freshwater Bayou lock. Orion...
by Port of Iberia Admin | Jul 5, 2023 | AGMAC, News
JULY 5, 2023, New Iberia, LA – Port of Iberia Executive Director Craig Romero announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) signed a joint agreement to complete the AGMAC Channel...
by Port of Iberia | Mar 9, 2022 | AGMAC
“The deepening of the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel is well underway. The dredging has begun and we are excited to be closer to allowing much larger vessels to access our port, therefore creating more job opportunities for all of Acadiana. Thank you to our...
by Port of Iberia | Oct 7, 2021 | AGMAC
The Port of Iberia recently completed another step to deepen the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access channel (AGMAC). As required by the Corps of Engineers, four pipelines have been lowered to prepare for dredging from the port to the Gulf of Mexico via the Intracoastal...
by Port of Iberia | Mar 4, 2021 | AGMAC
Article by: KATC News Posted at 11:49 AM, Mar 04, 2021 and last updated 7:39 PM, Mar 04, 2021 The Port of Iberia held a ribbon cutting ceremony recently to officially kick off the Acadiana to Gulf of Mexico Access Channel Project. The ribbon cutting was held at the...