Port Houston Wharf 6 Project Completed

McCarthy Building Companies, has completed construction on Port Houston – Bayport Wharf 6. The 1,000-foot-long wharf allows for the latest generation of container cranes to unload shipping containers from neo-Panamax vessels. Construction on Wharf 6 began in May 2021 and was completed in 26 months.

Located at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, partial funding for the project was received from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration. The project scope included substantial earthwork and traditional mechanical dredging activities – dredging 400,000 cubic yards of sediment from the shoreline. Other components of the project included underground utilities, the installation of drilled shaft foundations, cast-in-place concrete, crane rails and a new ship fender and mooring system.

The new wharf incorporates two crane beams, one landside and one waterside, allowing new ship-to- shore wharf cranes to move alongside ships for loading and offloading. Three wharf decks, each measuring 300 plus feet, tie to the waterside crane beam. The new wharf can accommodate large shipping vessels, some measuring up to 1,200 feet long. Construction of the new wharf included installing 623 drilled shafts – 269 landside and 354 waterside, measuring either 36 or 42 inches in diameter.