The salty taste you are experiencing could be due to many causes. It could be that you are dehydrated especially if you are taking a medicine such as a diuretic, or drinking too much cafienated drinks (coffee, coke.. etc).
Browse Ingram Barge Co. Ingram Barge Co. Deckhands earn $28,000 annually, or $13 per hour, which is 7% lower than the national average for all Deckhands at $30,000 annually and 74% lower than the national salary average for âall working Americans.
He said tug captains are typically paid by the day, earning between $400 and $800 depending on their licensing and the capabilities of the boats they operate. For a captain working 180 days in a year, that works out to $72,000 to $144,000. Traynham parked his truck at Shirley Plantation on the banks of the James. Two Blaha tugs were tied up at what's called Shirley Hole, and Traynham began giving two reporters a quick tour of his boat, the Hill Carter.