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Other salaried and hourly employees will be laid off. Local news media estimate about 120 jobs will go and report that the cuts will take effect this week. </p> <p> ACL says that Jeffboat will continue to employ over 1,000 workers after the cuts. </p> <p> </p> <hr> <div class="color" align="center"><center> <img src="../../IMAGESMMVII/micrologo.gif" width="90" height="19" align="left" alt="marine log logo"> <form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="searchbox_010673490424984355025:eqve28ceqh8"> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="010673490424984355025:eqve28ceqh8" /> <input type="text" name="q" size="25" /> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /> </form> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_010673490424984355025%3Aeqve28ceqh8&lang=en"></script>  </div> <hr> </div> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" width="125"> <div style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-width: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; padding-left: 0.5ex;"> <div><a href="http://www.marinelog.com/ccount/click.php?id=30" title="NYEDC"><img src="../../IMAGESMMIX/NYEDC.gif" width="125" height="125" border="0" alt="NYEDC" title="NYEDC"></a></div> <hr> <div><a href="http://www.marinelog.com/ccount/click.php?id=28" title="DELTA T"><img src="../../IMAGESMMIX/delta125.gif" width="125" height="125" border="0" alt="DELTAT"></a></div> <hr> <div><a href="http://www.marinelog.com/ccount/click.php?id=25" title="RETLIF"><img src="../../IMAGESMMIX/retlifbutton.gif" width="125" height="125" border="0" alt="RETLIF"></a></div> <hr>  <div><a href="http://www.marinelog.com/ccount/click.php?id=3"><img src="../../IMAGESMMVII/Evactemp.gif" width="125" height="125" border="0" alt="EVAC" title="EVAC"></a></div> <hr> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <p></p> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1123454-7"; urchinTracker(); </script> </body></html>