Tugboat and pushboat jobs are attractive for the same reason that
other inland and coastal marine jobs are, such as ferries and water
taxis. The wages can be attractive…but unlike other seagoing jobs,
the work might not require being away from home for months on
end. Prospects for tugboat employment will depend on your Coast
Guard license, whether you hold endorsements for towing, coastal
or other endorsements, your familiarity with specific bodies of water
if you’re applying for a captain or mate position, your familiarity with
a particular plant (CAT, EMD, GM) if you’re an engineer, your level of
experience, your geographic location or willingness to relocate.
Tugboat companies regularly look for captains, mates, able
seamen, deckhands, chief engineers, designated duty engineers,
assistant engineers, marine engineers, and QMED (qualified
members of the engine department). Keep in mind some of these
titles can describe the same position, depending on the company.
Tugboat and towing companies also search for shoreside
positions such as dispatchers, port engineers, maintenance
personnel, human resources staff, purchasing staff, accountants,
bookkeepers, and administrative staff. The inventory of shoreside
positions can vary with the tugboat company. A small company in
upstate New York with two tugs might not post a “help-wanted” ad
for ten years. On the other hand, a large company that operates a
fleet of twenty tugs and runs its own shipyard could regularly seek
qualified personnel to work as port engineers, dispatchers,
welders, AutoCAD operators, electricians, propeller technicians,
designers, marine mechanics, pipefitters, sheetmetal workers,
carpenters and painters in addition to the seagoing positions for
captains, mates, chief engineers, assistant engineers, DDE’s,
QMED’s, able bodied seamen (or able seamen, depending on what
the company calls the position), deckhands, tankermen, cooks and
stewards.
Salaries and wages will vary with vessel size, the size of the
company, hours per week of work, and regularity of work. Payscales
will also depend on the grade of Coast Guard license, limits of
tonnage, limits of horsepower, towing and other endorsements.
Salary and wage information for different geographic areas can be
obtained from the regional offices of state departments of labor,
listed below. Aside from salary and wage information, these offices
may be able to provide other valuable job information and
employment resources.
Good luck and smooth sailing!
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Tugboatjobs.net is not affiliated with any tugboat, towboat,
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is not an employment agency. Tugboatjobs.net was created with the
intention of providing links, resources and helpful information to
commercial mariners and job seekers. Information on this website,
whether it is information about job practices, resume writing,
applicable laws in the maritime industry, recommendations for
cover letters, etc. is not provided as professional counseling. The
information on this website is general information and is not offered
as employment counseling advice or services, legal counseling,
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interpretation other than being general information, about which no
representations are made as to accuracy, timeliness and
completeness. If job candidates seek professional employment
counseling, legal advice and counseling, resume writing
consultancy or other professional assistance, they should seek the
services of a professional in that area.
pushboat, or other marine transportation company. Tugboatjobs.net
is not an employment agency. Tugboatjobs.net was created with the
intention of providing links, resources and helpful information to
commercial mariners and job seekers. Information on this website,
whether it is information about job practices, resume writing,
applicable laws in the maritime industry, recommendations for
cover letters, etc. is not provided as professional counseling. The
information on this website is general information and is not offered
as employment counseling advice or services, legal counseling,
legal advice, official legal information, job coaching or any
interpretation other than being general information, about which no
representations are made as to accuracy, timeliness and
completeness. If job candidates seek professional employment
counseling, legal advice and counseling, resume writing
consultancy or other professional assistance, they should seek the
services of a professional in that area.
| U.S. Department of Labor - These are contact numbers for Dept of Labor Offices that maintain regional employment, unemployment, wage information ALABAMA - Montgomery, AL - (334) 242-8859 ALASKA - Juneau, AK - (907) 465-4518 ARIZONA - Phoenix, AZ - (602) 542-3871 ARKANSAS - Little Rock, AR - (501) 682-4500 CALIFORNIA - Sacramento, CA - (916) 262-2160 COLORADO - Denver, CO - (303) 318-8898 CONNECTICUT, Wethersfield,CT, (860) 263-6255 DELAWARE - Wilmington, DE - (302) 761-8052 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - (202) 671-1633 FLORIDA - Tallahassee, FL - (850) 488-1048 GEORGIA - Atlanta, GA - (404) 232-3875 GUAM - Tamuning, GU - (671) 475-7062 HAWAII - Honolulu, HI - (808) 586-8996 IDAHO - Boise, ID - (800) 772-2553 ILLINOIS - Chicago, IL - (312) 793-2316 INDIANA - Indianapolis, IN - (317) 232-7460 IOWA - Des Moines, IA - (515) 281-0255 KANSAS - Topeka, KS - (785) 296-5058 LOUISIANA - Baton Rouge, LA - (225) 342-3141 MAINE - Augusta, ME - (207) 287-2271 MARYLAND - Baltimore, MD - (410) 767-2250 MASSACHUSETTS - Boston, MA - (617) 626-6556 MICHIGAN - Detroit, MI - (313) 456-3090 MINNESOTA - St. Paul, MN - (651) 282-2714 MISSISSIPPI - Jackson, MS - (601) 321-6261 MISSOURI - Jefferson City, MO - (573) |
| U.S. Department of Labor - These are contact numbers for Dept of Labor Offices that maintain regional employment, unemployment, wage information (cont'd) MONTANA - Helena, MT - (406) 444-2430 NEBRASKA - Lincoln, NE - (402) 471-9964NEVADA - Carson City, NV - (775) 684-0387 NEW HAMPSHIRE - Concord, NH - (603) 228-4123 NEW JERSEY - Trenton, NJ 08625 - (609) 292-0099 NEW MEXICO - Albuquerque, NM - (505) 222-4683 NEW YORK - Albany, NY - (518) 457-6369 NORTH CAROLINA - Raleigh, NC - (919) 733-2936 NORTH DAKOTA - Bismarck, ND - (701) 328-2868 OHIO - Columbus, OH - (614) 752-9494 OKLAHOMA - Oklahoma City, OK - (405) 557-7265 OREGON - Salem, OR - (503) 947-1212 PENNSYLVANIA - Harrisburg, PA - (717) 787-3266 PUERTO RICO Hato Rey, PR - (787) 754-5340 RHODE ISLAND - Cranston, RI - (401) 462-8767 SOUTH CAROLINA - Columbia, SC - (803) 737-2660 SOUTH DAKOTA - Aberdeen, SD - (605) 626-2314 TENNESSEE - Nashville, TN - (615) 741-2284 TEXAS, Austin, TX UTAH - Salt Lake City, UT - (801) 526-9401 VERMONT - Montpelier, VT - (802) 828-4153 VIRGIN ISLANDS, Charlotte Amalie, VI 340 776-3700 VIRGINIA - Richmond, VA - (804) 786-7496 WASHINGTON - Lacey, WA - (360) 438-4804 WEST VIRGINIA - Charleston, WV - (304) 558-2660 WISCONSIN - Madison, WI - (608) 267-2393 WYOMING - Casper, WY - (307) 473-3807 |
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Bouchard Transportation 58 South Service Rd Melville, New York, 11747 Brusco Tug & Barge Columbia River Longview, WA Crowley Maritime 155 Grand Avenue Oakland, CA 94612 510 251 7500 Donjon Marine 1250 Liberty Avenue, Hillside, New Jersey 07205 Foss Maritime Company 660 W. Ewing Street Seattle, WA 98119 Great Lakes Group 4500 Division Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44102-2228 K-Sea Transportation 3245 Richmond Terrace Staten Island, NY 10303 McAllister Towing 17 Battery Pl - Suite 1200 New York, New York 10004 Moran Towing Corporate Office 50 Locust Avenue New Canaan, CT 06840 Reinauer Transportation 1983 Richmond Terrace Staten Island, NY 10302 Roehrig Maritime L.L.C. One School Street Glen Cove, New York 11542 Stevens Towing Company 4170 Highway 165 Yonges Island, SC 29449 Vane Brothers Company 2100 Frankfurst Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21226 Although we didn't notice employment pages at the time we visited, these are other companies that operate tugs in the United States: Island Tug and Barge Campbell Maritime Dana Tugs Fremont Tugboat Company Gaelic Towing |
| When you visit the tug and towing company links, job postings include: Captain or "Master”, under these US Coast Guard license qualifications: ▪ 100 Ton Master ▪ 200 Ton Master ▪ 500 Ton Master ▪ 1600 Ton Master and sometimes seeking other qualifications such as towing endorsements, coastal, ocean endorsements, GMDSS or STCW 95. Mate , under this United States Coast Guard license: ▪ 100 Ton Mate ▪ 200 Ton Mate ▪ 500 Ton Mate ▪ 1600 Ton Mate and sometimes seeking towing endorsements, coastal, ocean endorsements, GMDSS and STCW 95. Barge Captain Able Bodied Seaman, or Able Seaman or AB Deckhand May require STCW 95. Chief Engineer , need to hold this Coast Guard license: ▪ Chief Engineer Limited ▪ Chief Engineer Unlimited Designated Duty Engineer under USCG license: ▪ Designated Duty Engineer Some companies call their position Marine Engineer QMED Tankerman Utility Worker Electrician Marine Mechanic Cook Steward Green Trainee or Trainee Companies may require STCW, MMD (merchant marine document, or Z Card) Where a larger company operates its own shipyard or maintenance facility, they may seek the following: Welder, Marine Electrician, Pipe Fitter, Carpenter, Electronics Technician, Painter, Administrative, Accounting, Personnel, Laborer and more. Work on tugboats can take one around the entire United States. We are trying hard to make sure this site helps people looking to work on boats in the Northeast, New England, Long Island, Jersey Shore, Chesapeake Area, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, and Pacific Northwest. |
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Welcome to tugboatjobs.net.
This website was made to help
people find work in the
maritime industry work aboard
tugboats, towboats, pushboats
and other workboats engaged
in towing, transportation,
salvage and environmental
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person who hasn't been getting
any bailouts these days.
This website was made to help
people find work in the
maritime industry work aboard
tugboats, towboats, pushboats
and other workboats engaged
in towing, transportation,
salvage and environmental
work. This website is free. You
don’t have to register with us.
You don’t have to buy anything
from us. We'd like to think of it
as a "bailout" for the working
person who hasn't been getting
any bailouts these days.
It's Your Move...
Deck Question
The distance a
vessel travels from
the time that the order to put
engines full astern until the
vessel is dead in the water is
known as _________.
a. advance
b. surge
c. head reach
d. transfer
The distance a
vessel travels from
the time that the order to put
engines full astern until the
vessel is dead in the water is
known as _________.
a. advance
b. surge
c. head reach
d. transfer
| ferries fast ferries water taxis commuters shuttles |
| Interviewing - Mates - Chief Engineers - Designated Duty Engineers - Deckhands - Able Bodied Seamen - Tankermen - Dispatchers - QMED |
Trivia: What is yaw ? |
"Good Evening...
I'm Douglas Shepard
from WTUG News,
happy to report that if
you have an Unlimited
Chief's License, the
SI Ferry is looking for a
Chief... See the
ferryjobs.net link at right.
I'm Douglas Shepard
from WTUG News,
happy to report that if
you have an Unlimited
Chief's License, the
SI Ferry is looking for a
Chief... See the
ferryjobs.net link at right.
findmaritimejobs.com is worth
checking out. It has tons of
information, links to almost every
corner of the maritime industry
where you can find a maritime job,
including ocean carriers, cruise
ships, fishing industry, shipyards,
yachts, megayachts, and more.
checking out. It has tons of
information, links to almost every
corner of the maritime industry
where you can find a maritime job,
including ocean carriers, cruise
ships, fishing industry, shipyards,
yachts, megayachts, and more.
Do you have what it takes to
teach? Are you confident enough
about your skills that you could
pass them along
in a school setting?
If your answer is
"yes", look into
academic positions
at L.E. Fletcher
Community College
in Houma, Louisiana.
They are seeking
Marine Operations
Adjunct Instructors.
Go to the Grab Bag section on the
menu bar at left to learn more.
teach? Are you confident enough
about your skills that you could
pass them along
in a school setting?
If your answer is
"yes", look into
academic positions
at L.E. Fletcher
Community College
in Houma, Louisiana.
They are seeking
Marine Operations
Adjunct Instructors.
Go to the Grab Bag section on the
menu bar at left to learn more.
We support our friends who are struggling to find work out there. Don't despair... this economy is an
equal opportunity abuser, punishing those of all ages, levels of education, and skills... hang in there.
See developments with Marquette Transportation and Weeks Marine, at East Coast Employers .
equal opportunity abuser, punishing those of all ages, levels of education, and skills... hang in there.
See developments with Marquette Transportation and Weeks Marine, at East Coast Employers .
See Who's Hiring Now Supplemental Pages for environmental remediation & Wild Cards 6 for jobs at
canals. Research vessels has seismographic - scientific vessel openings. New Wild Cards 7
canals. Research vessels has seismographic - scientific vessel openings. New Wild Cards 7
At east coast tugs, Donjon Marine and Bouchard Transportation Company are featured. New Foss
Maritime is featured for its accident and injury avoidance safety awards. We feature shipyard job leads
also as well in Wild Cards & Wild Cards 2 . Able Seaman Job, at Wild Cards 3. New Wild Cards 8
Maritime is featured for its accident and injury avoidance safety awards. We feature shipyard job leads
also as well in Wild Cards & Wild Cards 2 . Able Seaman Job, at Wild Cards 3. New Wild Cards 8
Today's tugboat officer is a
unique professional. He or she is
warehouse of knowledge about
navigation, meteorology, engineering,
seamanship, and practical law. For
the uninitiated, it's difficult to explain
what life on a tugboat is like, but
Working Aboard the New Jersey
Sun, does it well. It's on our Life at
Sea page, which also features a
tugboat accident with a bridge
(footage of another tugboat
accident... being capsized while
still in ship assist mode). For those
guys and girls who want to step
back from the helm or throttle and
share their knowledge, there is the
New York Harbor School, a
special school for giving kids an
introduction to working on the water.
Some of the positions require
teaching certifications. There is also
L.E. Fletcher Community College,
featured in our grab bag (see the
text below, underneath the deck
license question, with the woman
pulling down the rolling screen).
unique professional. He or she is
warehouse of knowledge about
navigation, meteorology, engineering,
seamanship, and practical law. For
the uninitiated, it's difficult to explain
what life on a tugboat is like, but
Working Aboard the New Jersey
Sun, does it well. It's on our Life at
Sea page, which also features a
tugboat accident with a bridge
(footage of another tugboat
accident... being capsized while
still in ship assist mode). For those
guys and girls who want to step
back from the helm or throttle and
share their knowledge, there is the
New York Harbor School, a
special school for giving kids an
introduction to working on the water.
Some of the positions require
teaching certifications. There is also
L.E. Fletcher Community College,
featured in our grab bag (see the
text below, underneath the deck
license question, with the woman
pulling down the rolling screen).
| Trivia: What is STCW ? |
A cook's harrrowing escape from Deepwater Horizon,
owned by Transocean and leased to BP, in the Gulf of Mexico.
owned by Transocean and leased to BP, in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Z-Drive Atlantic Spruce, operated by Atlantic Towing out
of Canada. Visit them from Cooler Weather Jobs, featured at
the top of Who's Hiring Now - AttributionGregHickman - license
of Canada. Visit them from Cooler Weather Jobs, featured at
the top of Who's Hiring Now - AttributionGregHickman - license
The tug and salvage industry is a close cousin of the environmental
remediation industry. That may become clear from the oil spill clean-up in
the Gulf. The long term ecological damage may be speculated by using
tools such as this NOAA simulation showing oil spill migration as a result
of winds and currents. Clean-up costs will be astronomical. See
environmental related opportunities .
remediation industry. That may become clear from the oil spill clean-up in
the Gulf. The long term ecological damage may be speculated by using
tools such as this NOAA simulation showing oil spill migration as a result
of winds and currents. Clean-up costs will be astronomical. See
environmental related opportunities .
Can a giant oil skimmer
save things in the Gulf?
Click here to learn
more... and see the link
below for environmental
opportunities.
save things in the Gulf?
Click here to learn
more... and see the link
below for environmental
opportunities.
The NTSB is currently
investigating the tragic
accident between a
barge and tour boat in
Phiadelphia. The 5th
Amendment has been
invoked and questions
are arising about many
legal issues. Read more
at Important Laws .
investigating the tragic
accident between a
barge and tour boat in
Phiadelphia. The 5th
Amendment has been
invoked and questions
are arising about many
legal issues. Read more
at Important Laws .
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'Like old tugs, do you?
You might enjoy the Annual
Tug Round-up that takes
place in Waterford, NY
around Labor Day weekend -
see Professional Links
You might enjoy the Annual
Tug Round-up that takes
place in Waterford, NY
around Labor Day weekend -
see Professional Links