New year, new thread… This time last year in the Tugboat Pay thread there was the best, most accurate accounting of mariner pay I have ever seen. Firsthand accounts of what mariners make at specific companies, instead of rumors. Maybe we can reproduce it for 2023. I’ll go first: Coastal Transporta…

Alaska Marine Highway (State Ferries) is hiring all positions. I have not heard the wages. It’s a state job on MMP/IBU contracts, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find out what the wages are.

[image] Jnx: Best union contracts 3rd Mates getting $600-660/day + freedom to create your own schedule Don’t forget other key factors: Benefits when not working, potential pension (depending on union), free training, no bullshit of debating for promotions for lower license guys.

Vacation pay and overtime. What’s the day rate considering the value of the total package? $900?

Who is Northern Maritime Logistics operating seasonal day boat tugs in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska?

Just received an email from the Union I used to ship out of. The newly added TSP tankers are paying quite well. Crowley is offering hiring bonuses and 3rd engineers pay is $130,000 a year with 75 day rotations. I’m sure you all can extrapolate what that means for the higher ranks.

What are hiring bonuses looking like? And routes?

Where we at for CM/Master pay at the bigs right now? I’ll start with the orange ones, 850/1k. Pretty stagnant. Been this way for almost 2 years. Anyone care to share what black/orange or blue are paying for these ranks??? Any other companies, chime in.

[Screenshot_20231117_113109_Firefox] It’s not stagnant… Loosing money every day.

I get the impression that wage increases have been lower, or have almost stopped this year. Companies seem to be holding the line on wages by having more people work over, often way over. Hiring has slowed down. The number of recruiting cold calls that I get directly from companies have dropped of…

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