Ben Christian took career risks on the road to the spring project launch of the world’s first LNG containerships By Hilary Reeves To sea, or not to sea – that was the question for Ben Christian. Raised in Des Moines,
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New Think About It ad highlights TOTE’s LNG-powered containerships The world’s first natural gas powered containerships are getting national attention as the focus of the newest advertisement in the Think About It campaign sponsored by America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA).
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Wyle Norman’s career has blossomed in sunny Florida By Hilary Reeves Opening up a tour business in Costa Rica might seem like a risky career move for most people especially if it’s their first career move. Fortunately for Florida-based Sea
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Saltchuk Aviation pilot Steen Bramer traded faraway lands for the thrill of home By Hilary Reeves The perception of pilots as globetrotting adventurers isn’t far off – at least when it comes to Saltchuk Aviation pilot Steen Bramer. “At last
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Fueling program raises money for local nonprofits By Hilary Reeves The spirit of ‘ohana’ is more than a namesake to Ohana Fuels, a Hawaii Petroleum brand with stations attached to Minit Stop locations on The Big Island and Maui. The
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Jessica Klotz’s calligraphy drawings on display in Girdwood, Big Lake By Hilary Reeves In Jessica’s Klotz’s 13 years at Northern Air Cargo, she’s held four different job titles. “I worked as a barista before my foster brother introduced me to
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John Tarabochia came to Seattle in 1962 “I was born in Croatia in 1960. My parents, older brother and I left for New York, then went to Seattle following my aunt and uncle.” He joined Foss in the mid-1980s, but
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“It’s only been the last five years that I’ve had fully a desk job,” said Jon Hie, Foss‘ director of shipyard operations. The California native has worked for a number of marine companies: Sea Coast Towing when the company was
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Terry Dawley knows his exact date of hire at Foss: “Six-fifteen-eighty-nine,” he rattles off, proudly. His father also worked in the shipyard, as a welder, and when the opportunity to join an apprenticeship program presented itself to Terry, he didn’t
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Back in the early 1980s, Brett Walker had just landed a job at Airborne Freight making $2.60 per hour – a job he felt lucky to have. “Work was really hard to get back then,” he explained. After nine years
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Assistant Foreman Sam McCanless instructs his son, Zane, a mechanic, in the shipyard paint shop – but he’s not necessarily the painting patriarch of the family. “Bill Ibsen is my uncle,” he explained. “Jeff and Ben are my cousins.” Sam
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Assistant Foreman Bill Pittman is relatively new to Foss, but not to the shipyard itself. “I worked for an outside vendor out of the yard here at Foss for 10 years, and I decided to make the switch and come
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Steve Sorg has been welding since he was 10 years old, helping his father on the family dairy farm in Prosser, Wash. “Yeah, I know all about cows. The best milk comes from dipping a five-gallon bucket into the huge
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