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The Weeks 541 in place on the Passaic River in New Jersey, creating an enclosed sheet pile dredging area using a vibratory hammer. The vessel is part of the Weeks Marine Construction Division, which will perform the construction and dredging on the high-profile Passaic River cleanup project. See full article in the November/December issue.

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From our November/December cover story: large cypress logs, other debris and "floating land" - bottom vegetation that has risen to the surface bringing the earth with it - faced dredging contractor Mitchell Marine during a project to clear a canal in the Jean Lafitte Historical Park's Barataria Preserve southwest of New Orleans.

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At the Ellicott Dredges facility in Baltimore, four new machines are in place on a new foundation, installed to accommodate them. They are, from left, 700LM shaft lathe with live tooling, 700M chucker with live tooling, MV5025/50 VMC and MV4025/50 VMC. These machines and other equipment and improvements were added to the facility, funded in part by the MARAD (Maritime Administration) Small Shipyards grant program in 2009.