Maritime Employers: Working to Find Workers
about the Joint Office push. After all, almost every maritime company’s website has a “join our team” link. Industry experts speak of a “retirement cliff,” a not-to-distant timepoint when older workers retire but younger workers aren’t filling the ranks. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that, from 2022 to 2032, 8,800 water transportation workers will be needed each year, mostly to replace retirees or people leaving the maritime sector.In the face of these challenges, maritime companies are not just drifting about. Across the U.S. – in coastal, inland waterways
Attracting More People of Color to the Maritime Workforce
gas and crude; cruise ships and ferries for tourism; and roll-on/ roll-off for vehicular trade.According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the maritime industry directly employs more than 2 million seafarers – the vast majority in high-paying jobs (in May of 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the national average salary for Merchant Mariners was $104,190). A diverse range of career prospects exist in various fields, which include but are not limited to seafaring jobs. Commonly available career options include:Merchant mariners (deck and engineering officers)Harbor
Help Wanted: Build a New Industry
fraction to total employment.NREL developed a model to estimate onboard employment. In 2024 the model estimates 1,500 new jobs. In 2030, around 2,800 if the workforce is 100% domestic. If the workforce is 25% domestic, the 2024 number is below 500 and 2030 is just a bit above 500. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates there were 75,400 Water Transportation Workers in the U.S. in 2021. BLS doesn’t expect much change in the next 10 years, about 1%.(Photo: Seafarers International Union)Training starting – but at what scale?To meet green energy deadlines for power and employment education
NFPA Certificated Marine Chemists – A Century of Fire Protection and Life Safety
will mark 100 years of fire protection and life safety on marine vessels, in shipyards, marine terminals and waterfront facilities.What started a century ago as an industry effort to prevent fires on vessels under repair has never been more important. According to a 2007 report of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 25 percent of fatalities in shipyards result from fires and explosions caused by hot work (welding, cutting, burning, abrasive blasting, and other heat-producing operations).Following the First World War, numerous fires and explosions occurred when ships were being converted
US Energy Jobs Rise as Higher Prices Boost Oil Drilling
to the well pad with crude prices holding near 18 month highs, according to U.S. jobs data on Friday. Oil and gas extraction jobs increased by 100 to 177,400 in January, while support services jobs increased by 600 to 195,200 in December, its second increase in a row, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. The energy data was contained in a Labor Department report that also said U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by 227,000 jobs last month, the largest gain in four months, while the unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.8 percent. The BLS only has support
US Energy Jobs on the Rise
well pad due to a rally in crude prices, according to U.S. jobs data on Friday. Combined oil and gas extraction and support services jobs increased by 3,300 to 384,300 in November, the first increase since September 2014 when employment in the sector peaked at 536,100, according U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. "Probably around August to September last year we started to see an increase in the amount of need out there from companies that are looking to hire and that continued through the holidays, which is rare," said Jeff Bush, President of oil & gas recruiting
US Ocean Economy Sees Large Growth -NOAA
. These data feature nationally consistent information that helps users understand and manage the diverse economic demands placed on the oceans and Great Lakes. NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management developed ENOW time-series data and other products using information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, a sister agency of NOAA in the U.S. Department of Commerce
US Oilfield Jobs Cull Gains Pace, More Pain Ahead
,000 per month. Past Lessons Statistical data and parallels with the previous downturn during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 suggest things can quickly get worse. Until January, U.S. oil and gas job losses were modest, according to the latest monthly figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While jobs in oil and gas extraction, a sector which includes oilfield workers, fell nearly 2,000 to 199,500 in January, the levels were still above those in mid-2014 when oil prices began to fall. The number for oil and gas support activities, a group that would likely include
‘Military to Maritime’ Career Fair
. The event is designed to help current and former members of the military transition to a career in the domestic maritime industry. While the unemployment rate among veterans has steadily declined in recent years, more than 720,000 servicemen and women are still out of work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The U.S. maritime industry’s goal is to provide those veterans with an opportunity to maximize their professional strengths and learn about exciting careers in a growing and dynamic industry. “Military to Maritime” is a free, informative job fair for servicemen and
Houston May Outgrow its Skilled Labor Supply
workers could slow us down," said Patrick Jankowski of the Greater Houston Partnership. Of the top 20 metro areas, Houston's pace of job growth in the 12-months through May was the second-fastest in the country at 3.3 percent, behind only Dallas at 3.7 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Houston was the first major metro area to regain all the 153,000 jobs it lost in the Great Recession. Since January 2010, it has added 407,300 - more than double what it lost, Jankowski said. The Houston economy grew 5.3 percent in 2012, trailing only San Francisco while outpacing
NOAA Data Reveals Weight of Ocean and Great Lakes Economy
that could be affected by ecosystem changes, extreme weather events or sea level rise.” ENOW’s annual time-series data highlight six economic sectors and cover roughly 400 coastal counties, 30 coastal states, eight regions, and the nation, using data derived from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis. The success story of the 2011 ocean and Great Lakes economy has hundreds of important chapters, and here are just a few: From 2010 to 2011, the ocean and Great Lakes economy gained 67,000 jobs—an increase in employment of 2.4 percent, which
