I forget the reasons, but our esteemed politicians sank the shipbuilding industry in the USA years ago.

@danger3_255

4 ай бұрын

jews, probably

@festerofest4374

4 ай бұрын

They ruin everything. Today I was spending time trying to get some old gas cans functional again with eBay parts because the govt even ruined gas cans several years ago. And I have to stand at my sink forever trying to fill a 1 gallon watering can, because my new faucet flow is limited, because California has water issues. Yup...

@pauldavidson6321

4 ай бұрын

Cut price competition from asian countries that have abysmal safety standards and quality controls.

@snowgorilla9789

4 ай бұрын

Same or worse in Canada, then they have the gall to bring in offshore vessels and NOT TAX them

@UltraMagaFan

4 ай бұрын

@@festerofest4374 If everyone would stop voting for democrats your problems would go away.

Man what an awesome feeling that must be to see a tug you help build get launched.

Good clean and very sturdy design,they look and mean business. A thumbs up from Gibraltar.👍💪

I"ve eaten at the Lobsterman's Restaurant there in East Boothbay and watched the guys at Washburn & Doughty work on new tugboats.

nice coverage. thank you , cheers from Florida, Paul

Very beautiful work I wish I could work with these wonderful people

We need more ship builders in USA

@MrRobin61

4 ай бұрын

Netherlands are the best shipbuilders in the world

Beautiful, we definitely need more work like this.

Great yard and people. Was lucky enough to do all the nav/comm gear installs on the Moran ATBs.

I use to watch these Awesome Tugboats work the Maumee River and Yes they have a lot of Power. When I was very Young We saw a Tugboat make a Six to Eight foot wave on the Maumee as we were fishing on the Walkway Dock.

“Nope, not today.” Plaque on desk.

Incredible work

great story. Love Maine.

If two of those were used to guide out that ship from the port of Baltimore past the bridge and safely into open water that bridge would still be standing.

@neillmcallister1718

4 ай бұрын

The ship's owner could have done that.

This made me cry. God bless you all.

I’d take that to a yacht club. All it needs is a propane Weber grill on the stern

Amazing Tug boats!

Why does where they come from affect their ability to find housing. I moved to coastal NH five years ago and my home valuation has more than doubled since then. It might be good on paper for me, but it's not a good thing. There's too much commercial 'investment' in single family homes, companies shouldn't own homes.

@childishfiend5923

4 ай бұрын

100% agree, corporations should be federally banned from owning single family residential property. They should be forced to sell their portfolios of property back to the American people for under market value.

We have Bollinger Tugs working in the Bremerton port area for the Navy with the Carriers. These Tugs are fabricated in SE Louisiana.

Beautiful work 🤘💪🤞🇺🇸🚂🦫👍💰👏👌🖖🍩😎.....made in the USA

Go Katie!

I work in prince Willam sound we use these same tug they can push sideways what others would do pushing forward

Growing business!!

How about sending some to Baltimore

@waterboy8999

4 ай бұрын

Better late than never, I was amazed that ship wasn't escorted by at least one tug, it wouldn't happen on the Clyde.

3:34 so where do the foreign contractors live? I know it's hard to find good younger people to get into the trades but shit like this makes it worse. Nag the mayor or county to attract builders.

@12345anton6789

4 ай бұрын

Probably live in a contractor-accommodation nearby the ship yard, a 20 foot container can easily be turned into a living space for 1 person. Have lived many times in those when I was away on work,

imagine that, foreign contractors..

@HyppoGryff

4 ай бұрын

Imagine that, a company trying to survive.

@TEC_Stuff

4 ай бұрын

Don Carrigan should have said that the industry for such specialized skills requires successful companies to broaden their search radius for employee candidates to include those from many countries of origin. The skillset requires people who like their work, so the finished product is the best your company can produce. That is why some companies survive and some go out of business, successful ones stay flexible.

Yes Sir...American Made !

@lawrence7065

4 ай бұрын

By immigrants who work for less $$$

@ryder6070

4 ай бұрын

brazilian on the grinder

I don't think they said how long it takes to build one start to finish

What's with showing the camera in interview shots?

Had to laugh when i heard " Most Maynards..." 😅 ☆

👍👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Trade careers pay very well.

So how are the foreign workers housed?

@christex9270

4 ай бұрын

In little shit hole birdhouses. Paid Pennies and send most of the money back to their country. These guys won’t be supporting your average American small business the mentality is just to save and send back.

who is maine?

🇺🇸👍🙂

I think it's utter bullshit that a young person can't pursue their love of ship building because there's nowhere to live in the vicinity so they bring in skilled labour from out of the country? Where the hell do those people live when they get there? Weird...

@HyppoGryff

4 ай бұрын

Contract workers will stay in motels/hotels most often until their contract is complete. Contractors coming from out of the country will most likely go back to their country after their contract is up and will come back when another one is open. Hell, they might even rent a place while they're here on contract. There are many more people looking to rent their property than sell it. A contractor with experience paying for rent or hotels/motels is different than a young person coming in with little to no experience AND having to find a place to stay. If you really think about it, it's no longer as "weird" as you thought. But that requires thinking which may be hard for some people.

@lukewarmwater5320

4 ай бұрын

@@HyppoGryff Well I don't know what the fuck goes on down there with that sort of thing and apparently you do, it's got nothing to do with deducing anything beyond the obvious so you don't have to be an uppity cunt about something someone doesn't know anything about, you just have to inform the uninformed if you feel so inclined and be on your way ya fuckin' jerk-off...

@lukewarmwater5320

4 ай бұрын

@@HyppoGryff Well I don't know what the fuck goes on down their regarding that sort of thing and apparently you do, it's got nothing to do with sitting around deducing anything beyond the obvious so you didn't have to be an uppity cunt about explaining something somebody doesn't know anything about just inform the uniformed and be on your way you fuckin' arrogant jerk-off...

@james94582

4 ай бұрын

An experienced worker /contractor gets paid far more than a new younger or even apprentice gets paid... So would be easier for someone that's been around for a bit to get a place... Or even a few together going in on a place for rent... Which a young man/woman coming in won't have that option... Then again... Might could fend a half decent boat to live on in the local marina

@james94582

4 ай бұрын

This was an awesome coverage... Hope things get better as fsr as housing so that folks can look into new industries and especially so young folks can get into industries such as this...

Right, so there's a shortage of housing for American workers, yet somehow there isn't for offshore workers? Or the reality it's more profitable for the company to bring in foreign labor and use housing as an excuse.

@ironiczombie2530

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I didn't understand their reasoning either, seems like there just trying to get cheaper workers over here like every other company, to cheap to pay for locals talent.

@12345anton6789

4 ай бұрын

They probably live in a contractor accommodation, a 20 foot container can easily be turned into that.

@christex9270

4 ай бұрын

And all that money is sent back to their home country.

@TEC_Stuff

4 ай бұрын

The REAL problem here in Maine and the U.S. is that too many young people have been discouraged from working with their hands and are told during their K-12 years that they should ALL aim for college. This is the fault of all politicians, bureaucrats, and school systems that don’t understand how important it is for manufacturing to exist in the U.S. It is up to each of us to change that back.

@12345anton6789

4 ай бұрын

@@TEC_Stuff they should learn from Germany, they take great pride in the education of skilled workers and its widely accepted as a good profession

So California isn’t the only place with a housing issue …

Need to take a trip to Europe to see the cutting edge of tug building. Most US tugs are about 20 years behind what the Europeans build.

The average American always complains Americans have stopped being bold nobody wants to learn trade American patriotism is now about guns not about skills respect to those Americans who are making a difference fighting very hard even if the government is messing things up.

We're going to need more tugs around the country after the Key Bridge collapse. Let's see them built here and fast-track citizenship and visas for overseas talent. We also need to reform shipping laws so that more vessels of all types can be built and flagged here--with all the safety improvements that would entail.

1. Beautiful.. 2. Thats not a tug boat.. thats a tug ship. 😂🤣😭😭🤣

so a worker from the USA can't afford housing there but a worker from BRAZIL can?? something doesn't add up...

Katie is why that company is successful! She is just a lovely super smart human!

Send some to Baltimore ffs

Are these foreigners getting the same pay as the other guys ? Where are they living then if that’s the issue Companies will cry that they can’t get workers because of a shortage etc then use temporary foreign workers programs when in reality there’s lots of trades people available …you’re just paying too low for the high cost of living there

Whatever happened to all the schools that used to train people to be skilled workers in Maine for the housing b******* is Shipyard people should have bought and build housing for the workers stop raising the rent up every freaking year I used to work for masonry company I saw the skilled workers in Bath Iron Works where can we meet at the masonry company it's hard work for them too hard when a lot of them got laid off in the 80s and 90s

Where do the new workers find housing. If locals can’t find housing how do the outside Workers find it. Sounds like bullshite to me.

@wuggacrt

4 ай бұрын

Spot on.

so where does the guy from Brazil live that an American guy can't live?

cant recruit? gosh I wonder whats wrong ha ha

For want of a tug the bridge was lost

@ryder6070

4 ай бұрын

false

🤌⛴️ 🇺🇸☝️

Too bad they didn't help the Dali through the port of Baltimore...

Jones act is a joke

I recon Baltimore could do with a few of these🚢⚓️🛳

Happy to see they are not made in China

you are hiring foreign workers.... you lost your pride. "CaNt AfFoRd HoUsiNg So OuR SoluTiOn Is To HiRe FrOm BraZiL"

@jamarplunkett3283

4 ай бұрын

Yeah Lol😂, that part didn’t make sense to me. I guess foreign workers don’t need housing.