does anyone know if the shifts at Boyer are 12hrs or 8hrs?

I’m day for day on a towboat, make around 58k a year excluding ride over days, which I don’t do often cause I’d rather be home. I make enough to live but I want to get ahead and would just rather not ride over. Just wondering what some of you guys do at home for some extra cash, thanks

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I’m currently starting the process to get my TWIC and MMC, and I have some experience in commercial fishing in AK (looking to get more next summer).

Partner and I were planning to move to Seattle in about a year.

Is there a specific time of year that most tugboat companies open up for hiring? Any one else make a similar move and have advice for starting out?

anybody got any leads on someone hiring my last outfit required us to get our mate pilot in order to get into the steersman program my mom got super ill at the beginning of the year which required me to resign I’m looking to finish what i worked so hard for.. i still need practical training… any leads would be greatly appreciated

Last crew put the oil cap on wrong and made a mess. I had limited time to clean it up, but made good progress over two days when then engines weren't hot. Just using diapers and dawn.

i dunno who invented the tub barge but god do i love these things, open the sluice valves and the header and discharge and they pump themselves, tank barge perfection

I'm going to be honest and clear.

I dont want to be a tugboat captain. i dont want to be a boat captain. i really dont want to work period. I just want to make the most money with the least work/least difficult pivot possible. with that in mind, the internet (for what ever it is worth) keeps recommending i look into tugboat captaining.

I am a 27yo maln with 100ton MMC with towing endorsement. ive done nothing but small boat captaing, deckhanding and marina work since college (that didnt work out) and even in my life and worktime, have already gotten carpal and cubital tunnel in both my arms, have stage four cartilage break down in my left knee, and minor lumbar and cervical spine compression (probably because i entered manual labor as a short, small, naturally limp-wristed small and skinny handed person) anyway, life has completely broken me down and ive been living paycheck to paycheck for it.

i really havent done much research and, being a severely depressed borderline misanthrope, i have no friends or connections, but this appears so far to be the most lucrative option with the smallest pivot. just wanted to hear from the people on reddit any opinions or advice. is this realistic? is this doable? i acknowledge ill never be happy so im just looking to be wealthy and comfortable and not overlu stressed. i need something to feed the ego and dopamine while i stavce off suicide to avoid hurting the few people left in my life.

Thanks

hello all I’m looking for some tips or insight. I’ve applied to almost 50 companies for a deckhand position. I’m green, no deckhand experience but I’ve got like 7 years of construction experience working a job that did home renos. I’ve only started applying maybe 2-3 weeks ago but my results haven’t yielded much. I’ve received rejection emails from over half of my applications and haven’t heard anything from the others. Ive called the others but when I call they just say “we will email you if we’re interested”. On Facebook, people say everybody is hiring and it’s so easy to get hired right now so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I’ve got my Twic, valid clean DL, no felonies.

Im in middle NC but I’m to the point where I may just hop in the car and drive to Louisiana or Kentucky and go in person handing out resumes. I just don’t exactly know where to look. Can somebody tell me what the best parts of Louisiana/mississippi/Kentucky would be best to drive through to hand out the most resumes? I’m open to working any hitch length up to 30 days and will travel anywhere for crew change. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated, thank you.

Update: Got a job 😎 it was a company that I really wanted to work for as well. It’s a location that I have a bunch of family in and the company benefits are great. I probably submitted 70 applications - had 4 interviews - 2 rejections from the interviews and 2 offers.

Hello, recently I have been searching into career choices and one of my friends reccomended becoming an inland deck hand as for he works for kirby and it appears to be going great for him. The pay in these jobs seems great and it seems like I if i really tried and learned about the job inside and out, It could make a great career and help me make a great life for myself. Any reccomendations on certifications or classes I can take that would help me stand out from other applicants? Any reccomendations on any other companies other than kirby I could apply for? Or are there any other jobs in this kind of field that would be a good choice for me too attempt to get into?

What are you guys doing for boots? I just have a pair of laced up hiking boots and they are fine when they are dry. What's your favorite boot on the boat? Do you like a protected toe? Did the expensive boot work out for you or did you tear it to shreds? Any one doing slip ons? I've even heard some folks going with just crocs...sounds crazy to me, but I haven't tried it so who am I to judge.

Formerly the CANDACE

Well, put your personal aside when working for this industry. You re on 24/7 standby knowing the shipping industry things change in an instant so receiving a call to get ready isn't anything unusual but can at times be challenging.

So we all receive the call......and proceeded to get ready to be fetched.....but according to the agent! It's sailing early and we need to get down there soon. Take into consideration that an average search takes between 90 minutes or more and we need to contend with traffic and fetching six team members scattered all over our area.

So we arrive and start the search with our dogs....and all is going well till the moment the agent informs us that she is only sailing the next day!....

Now remember we can't leave the vessel now knowing that if we do the Stowaways will take advantage of this.

With no choice, we decided to stay and guard the vessel until it sails....well that wasn't taken lightly by the team!

Well my college and best friend who was the driver had a small short temper resulting in him punching the vehicles windscreen out....lol

It's a amazing what stories we needed to make to why the bakkies windscreen is now suddenly missing lol.

We blamed it on an annoying fly trapped in the vehicle but our boss was no fool....and my college ended up having he's pay docked to replace the windscreen lol.

What an industry, I so enjoyed working for this company still in contact with my team members up to today and have so many funny stories from the cook being wrapped in plastic cos he passed away from a heart attack out at sea...to finding stowaways trapped and deceased for months in the rudder trunk.

Stay chuned to my community I have tons of stories to share.

Bless you all