Maritime Employment Grant Program

The Maritime Employment Grant Program provides funding to support new employment opportunities, including traineeships, in the marine sector. 

What the grant covers

  • The Maritime Employment Grant Program offers up to $50,000 or 50% of the total employment costs for a new position (whichever is the lesser) per year for 2 years.
  • Multiple grants have been awarded to eligible employers in the maritime industry through a merit based competitive application and selection process.

Applications are now closed and successful applicants have been notified. 

Successful applicants

The awarded grants are:

Maritime region

Successful applicant

New maritime roles supported

Brisbane

ASP Ship Management Pty Ltd

6

Gladstone

Smit Lamnalco Towage (Australia) Pty Ltd

4

For more information on maritime regions please refer to the Queensland Maritime Regions document.

Maritime Safety Queensland would like to acknowledge all of those organisations who submitted a Maritime Employment Grant application and thank you for your interest in the Backing Queensland Maritime Jobs Initiative.

Last updated
01 August 2023