Ua hoʻolaha ka US Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District i nehinei i ka hoʻokō kūleʻa ʻana o ka papahana dredging King Abdulaziz Naval Base.
"Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou hui aupuni o Saudi Arabia i hoʻopau i nā hana dredging ma KANB ma Jubail," i ʻōlelo ai ka Army Corps ma ka ʻōlelo.
I loko o nā mahina ʻeono i hala iho nei, ua alakaʻi ka hui kūkulu USACE i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka dredge ma luna o 2.1 miliona cubic mika o nā mea e hoʻomākaukau ai i ke awa ʻo KANB no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā pier a me nā uapo e kākoʻo i nā moku Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC).
Wahi a ka Corps, he mea nui ka hana dredge ʻaʻole wale no USACE akā no nā mea kuleana āpau e hoʻokomo i ka Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) a me USN.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻaelike $63.8 miliona King Abdulaziz Naval Base iā American International Contractors Inc. a me Archirodon Construction Co. i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2022.