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where the Navy stepped up – to co- ordinate contractors’ efforts, to ensure safety, with blasting zones, for ex- ample, and coordinating access in or- der to best synchronize all crews and equipment and schedules.

The Navy’s coordination, Pinchasin said, allowed the three primary con- tractors to “share resources, and, most importantly, share lessons.” The Navy team, she explained, “enabled each per- son and salver to get what they needed to do based on their prioritization. Ev- eryone knew of critical activities well in advance and coordinated their sched- ules.” This teamwork, she said, deliv- ered “incredible capabilities.”

In one Army Corps media report

Pinchasin gave a particular shout out to the crane operators and teams. “Their skill, experience and professionalism in removing submerged wreckage is truly unmatched,” Pinchasin said, and added further, “Pulling these massive loads out of the water can be highly unpredict- able. The crews must ensure the wreck- age is balanced and properly secured to its rigging. It requires a tremendous amount of patience and is as much art as it is skill. To do that, without injury or damage to their equipment, repre- sents a standard of excellence that’s in- dispensable on this mission.”

Insomnia. Let’s get to work

John A. Witte, Jr. is president and

CEO of Donjon Marine Company,

Inc. Over the past 50 years Donjon has become a seasoned, experienced player in maritime emergency re- sponse. Donjon participated in the

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