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The Port of Miami Deep Dredge Project is a planned project to expand the Port of Miami by dredging the bay to allow new, larger cargo ships to enter the port. This project is related to the "New Panamax" project to be completed by 2014 that involves a major expansion of the Panama Canal, which is located near the Port of Miami. The port will have to be dredged to 50 feet in depth to allow the new Super Post Panamax Megaships to enter. The ports of New York, Norfold, and Baltimore, have already undergone these projects.

With the correct funding, the Port of Miami estimates that it is capable of completing such a project by 2014. It is also estimated that this project could double Miami's cargo business in the next 10 years as well as creating over 30,000 permanant jobs for Miami, which currently has a very high unemployment rate.