US Shipyards: Always on the Job Hunt
.Some 30 miles east, repair yard ST Engineering Halter Marine and Offshore is expanding in Pascagoula, Miss. through a $10 million corporate investment project that will create 100 jobs and add equipment, dock space, water depth and other upgrades to prepare the shipyard to handle larger ships and oil platforms.Eastern Shipbuilding Group says on its website that it regularly hires workers in a wide range of hands-on shipbuilding roles. As of September 30, group also had no less than 30 immediate corporate job openings listed online as the Panama City, Fla. shipbuilder looks to fill roles ranging from
STEHMO Investing $10 Mln, Adding 100 Jobs
investing $10 million to expand at its Pascagoula, Miss. site, adding 100 jobs in the process.STEHMO, along with its sister company VT Halter Marine, is growing as a result of recent market opportunities. The expansion will enable the company to perform new commercial repair work for larger ships and oil platforms that require greater size and lifting capacity. STEHMO is adding dock space and water depth adjacent to its Bayou Casotte site. The company also is investing in machinery, equipment and building upgrades.STEHMO plans to fill the new jobs by the end of 2021, increasing employment at the facility
Maritime's Digital Transformation & Simulation-based Training
will bring even more efficiency to industrial operations. “If we consider industry migration to digital platform operation, the drivers and the benefits are quite clear, and the ability to optimize the collection, analysis, and application of data is key,” she continued. “Ships, oil platforms and wind turbines are the sum of thousands of parts, delivered by hundreds of suppliers. All the control systems, monitoring technology and sensors that are vital to their operation produce data, which in many cases can be made available to act upon and improve operations, leading all the way
Wood Group Workers Accept Pay Offer, Preventing North Sea Strikes
Wood Group workers employed on Shell's North Sea oil platforms have accepted a new pay deal, ending a months-long dispute that saw some workers down tools in July and August. Labour union Unite, whose members voted 105-82 in favour of the deal, said proposed wage cuts were now less than first announced and that ad-hoc workers had gained greater work security and better options to gain permanent employment. "Our negotiations with Wood Group allowed us to reduce the levels of cuts being proposed to our members' wages and terms and conditions," said Unite regional officer John
