VT Halter Marine set to hire 150

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - VT Halter Marine plans to hire 150 employees soon. The company was awarded a second contract from OSG Ship Management to build a 350,000 barrel articulated tug barge unit. The work should begin in November 2009, and be finished by the middle of 2010. Halter is currently working on a similar vessel for the same company. (Source: WLOX-TV, Mississippi Press, 09/23/09)