the ship and boat-building industry employing some 130,000 workers in this country, and the portsmouthout 4200. molly line is live in maine, she has more for us. a lot of work going on there, huh, molly? >> reporter: absolutely. a beautiful historic shipyard built in 1800, it has literally employed generations of families, and today it's hiring. about 4400 or so folks that work here thousand, and they're expecting to hire 250 more before the end of the year. to talk with us, captain brian fuller. what sort of jobs are you looking for? a lot of people would like some of those. >> we're hiring really across the board. we're hiring all of the crafts skills that we have, ship fitting, pipe fitting, welding, blasting, painting, electricians, electronics, engineers, engineering technicians and administrative people as well. >> reporter: these are full-time positions, good salary, benefits and really you need tech-savvy people. >> absolutely. all the positions we hire are very technically skilled positions. and they are, as you said, permanent full-time jobs with good pay and great benefits.