I haven’t seen any recent posts about this. Who knows about the Resolve vessels in Dutch? Seems like they don’t move much. At least annually there is one licensed position being recruited. Is it the weather/rotation/pay? Does anyone know why they are always looking for people? Left the post vague so people can put in their two cents as sailors do.
I know some people who have worked for them. The pay is on the lower side…but that was as of a few years ago, so may not be the case now.
The boat in dutch is a beast, but an old beast. Who knows what kind of shape it’s in. Especially considering its purpose is to do rescue tows in some of the most harsh and remote environments in the world.
Resolve pays low Florida wages in Alaska. Probably the worst pay in Alaska. Indian managers in Florida. The boats sit around doing nothing most of the time. Most of the crew comes from Florida. Most of the people I’ve known that worked there didn’t stay too long.
Getting more and more difficult to find experienced (or willing) wire boat captains these days, better yet captains with experience in salvage and rescue towing.
Good boat and good people when I was there.
What did the boat actually do while you were there, except accumulate barnacles at the dock?
The boat accumulated barnacles but the we mostly kept busy with welding projects and maintenance. If you’re in the wheelhouse as a career it’s gonna be boring. As an engineer there was always plenty to do, and when we got a job it was like nothing else. It is truly a salvage/rescue tug and nothing else.
Seems like they are always looking for people. Is it because of the boredom or low day rate? Combination of both?
Very low pay in an undesirable place that calls for top pay. Cheapskate Indian managers.
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Did they pay for flights? Also what was the rotation there?
For quite awhile Dutch Harbor had no commercial flights. It was only charters.
Resolve had their own plane for flights to Dutch Harbor. A relatively new airline, Aleutian Air now offers scheduled service to Dutch Harbor. I don’t know whether Resolve is still flying their own plane.
It used to be common for some experienced Alaska mariners that were in between jobs to work at Resolve for a while. I haven’t heard about anyone I know doing that for a few years (the job market is too strong).
The Magone Marine holdovers that I knew on the shipyard side with Resolve have retired.
The last I heard, several years ago, Resolve was roughly 70 on / 70 off.
I have not heard anything about the current pay at Resolve.
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There was an ad i saw recently 1000 @ day for master of tow in dutch. Could only be resolve. Said 60/60 too. It was a 3rd party company, but i suspect it was a resolve position.
I wanna say the pioneer has been decommissioned so it may be for that utility boat that stands by in dutch. Either way, decent money.
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Why couldn’t it be Centerline, Dunlap, Olsen, Ron Moore, or someone else other than Resolve?
Somehow it’s hard to imagine Resolve offering $1000 a day for someone to just sit at the dock in Dutch Harbor on the old “MAK BAY” (some variety of small mud boat from the 1960s.)
The RESOLVE PIONEER went to Chittagong for scrap last summer. She was an old Zapata Gulf AHTS built in the 1970’s.
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Very informative thanks I’ll repost on here if I find any more out
I suppose it could be anyone, but i recall that resolve does 60/60. I thought the centerline and dunlap guys did a shorter rotation.
I want to say the ad looked like a resolve ad wording wise, but like i said, it was put out by a third party/hiring agency. Of course i can’t find it now, i believe i saw it on FB.
Centerline is in general a 30/30 company, but there are exceptions. I’d bet they are more like 60/60 in Dutch.
Dutch Harbor is a long, very expensive, and difficult place to fly to and from. It’s a terrible place for crew change, but sometimes unavoidable. No one would want to do 30/30 in Dutch.
I’ve been stuck as long as 5 days waiting for a flight out of Dutch. I’ve also flown out from Anchorage (about 2-1/2 hours on a jet) only to turn around and go back to Anchorage, and do it all over again the next day. One time I went to the airport to pick up the boss and saw his plane scrap a wing on landing.
About four years ago, Resolve had to salvage an airliner that went off the runway, through the fence, across the street, and into the harbor.
Flying into Dutch is not for the faint of heart, and certainly nothing anyone wants to do too often.
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I did know Dunlap’s rotation for the harbor boats in Dutch, but I cannot quite remember. I think it was at least 60/60, but probably longer.
Dunlap was 70/70 as of a few years ago, but i think that changed. Centerline was 55/55 or thereabouts.
Both those companies have little turnover in dutch from what i have heard. Once in a while i’ve seen a deckhand or engineer posting. If they had a master opening i would think they promote from within?
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That sounds about right. Somewhere in the 45-90 day range might be feasible for Dutch Harbor.
180 days of pay and full year round benefits for doing two - 75 day hitches in Dutch would be a fair deal for Dutch Harbor.
Dunlap is a MMP Inland, Pacific Division
A few years ago Dunlap was looking for captains for the dayboats in Dutch Harbor. I doubt that has changed.
Last year Dunlap was looking for captains in general. I have not heard about this year.
Centerline is advertising for captains (and everybody else) in general. They have two tractor tugs doing ship assist in Dutch Harbor, plus a very short haul container run to Akutan.
Think I just got a LinkedIn message about this job. They didn’t say who the outfit was but it was 60/60 and a “salvage company” looking for mate of tow.
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