Port Fourchon (Dead or Alive)

Maritime Employment
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I was laid off last October from a smaller company in Fourchon as a captain. Would it be a waist of time and especially money (I’m on unemployment) to hit the doors looking for work? I have my 100 ton /A.B. Unlimited/Radar/RFPNW etc… Anyone thats there now have any advice??? Unemployment runs out soon. Really need to work

Thanks

P.S. $300.00 dollar finders fee to anyone who can get me in somewhere :stuck_out_tongue:

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Never got a job sitting at the house…

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Very true… I am sending resumes though… I know not the same but money is tight… Dont want to walk in a ghost town with nothing happening.

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Won’t know until you try bud. You’ll just be another piece of paper on a desk sending those resumes out.

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Resumes only work outside the Gulf, or with companies that do not allow walkins.

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go AB on tugs in the NW until you can get your time to upgrade to 500tons and get your TOAR as well. Most of the NW tug companies should be gearing up to work up north soon. Rshrew knows more than I about what the companies are looking for but AB unlimited would certainly be good for deck and you’ll be earning time to upgrade.

If you are going to travel to look for a job, I’d invest in the trip to Seattle. You have wheels you can sleep in like a van? Motels in Seattle are about $65 for a decent one and $85 for a nice place. You do not want to stay in the $45 night places though unless you don’t mind bugs and other guests with guns.

tug companies in Seattle you can see

  1. Crowley
  2. Foss (low probability tho)
  3. Harley (they got about 5 different companies under that banner)
  4. Kirby
  5. Dunlap
  6. Western
  7. Island
  8. Boyer
  9. Campbell

plus there is

  1. Coastal Transportation
  2. Trident Seafoods
  3. Icicle Seafoods
  4. UnCruise
  5. you might see if Kelly Sweenie has anyone looking for work
  6. a mountain of smaller seafood, mom and pop passenger and towing companies too
  7. before I forget there is Stabbert Maritime who just bought two ex NOAA vessels

good luck

btw, would also mention that there should be shipyard work available for companies working on vessels getting them ready to go north. Do you have any shipyard skills?

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Campbell is long gone.

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[QUOTE=tugsailor;154170]Campbell is long gone.[/QUOTE]

who bought them…Harley?

btw, any other tug companies I didn’t list you might care to add?

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Smoking crack there capt? What’s up with the helpful posts? They’re appreciated by the way.

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[QUOTE=MFOWelectrician;154178]Smoking crack there capt? What’s up with the helpful posts? They’re appreciated by the way.[/QUOTE]

don’t you know that underneath this scaly lizard hide lies a sentimental idealist who still believes that Alaska is real mariner’s country as opposed to any muddy turd filled bayoo

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[QUOTE=MFOWelectrician;154178]Smoking crack there capt? What’s up with the helpful posts? They’re appreciated by the way.[/QUOTE]

the Karma Fairy hit him over the head with a golden beer bottle

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Is it customary to pound the pavement and “knock on doors” in Seattle? I know first hand it works in LA. but I don’t know much about the North West marine industry. I’ve sent resumes and applications to most of the companies listed, but no luck as of yet. With oil being so low I think its a good time to learn a different part of the industry. Looking for a AB spot.

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[QUOTE=dncartersweatte1993;155162]Is it customary to pound the pavement and “knock on doors” in Seattle? I know first hand it works in LA. but I don’t know much about the North West marine industry. I’ve sent resumes and applications to most of the companies listed, but no luck as of yet. With oil being so low I think its a good time to learn a different part of the industry. Looking for a AB spot.[/QUOTE]

I think where the world of workboats is concerned, pounding pavement is pretty much SOP regardless of the location