> Americans don't want to sit on a freighter for 6 month tours away from their families
And yet finding crews was never a problem before differential subsidies ended.
In fact crewing US flagged is harder now because the work is intermittent. If people can't find berths they time out on their licenses and go do something else in a different industry.
> People from the Philippines will do it because it is life-changing amounts of money
The international minimum wage for seafarers is about $700/mo. In comparison wages in the Philippines are between 20k-50k pesos a month or $340-$850. Seafaring is an above-average income job in the Philippines but not "life-changing."
And yet finding crews was never a problem before differential subsidies ended.
In fact crewing US flagged is harder now because the work is intermittent. If people can't find berths they time out on their licenses and go do something else in a different industry.
> People from the Philippines will do it because it is life-changing amounts of money
The international minimum wage for seafarers is about $700/mo. In comparison wages in the Philippines are between 20k-50k pesos a month or $340-$850. Seafaring is an above-average income job in the Philippines but not "life-changing."