VT Halter Marine to hire 150 more workers at Pascagoula shipyard

(PASCAGOULA, Miss.) — The VT Halter Marine shipyard is attempting to hire 150 more people due to a strong backlog of orders, the television station WLOX of Biloxi reported. The company has already added 400 people since July. The shipyard builds articulated tug barges, and it has enough orders to keep it busy through 2013.
 
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By Professional Mariner Staff