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Meet 2024 Safety Finalist Hector Rodriguez, Operations Manager & Vessel Planner, Tropical Shipping

Hector Rodriguez credits his experience as a U.S. Army veteran and veteran member of the Tropical Shipping team for making him safety conscious. As Chairman of the Security Committee for the Puerto Rico Shipping Association and in his everyday work,

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Meet 2024 Safety Award Finalist Sal Griffith, Operations Manager, St. Thomas, Tropical Shipping

Sal Griffith keeps a constant eye out for safety issues. When contractors couldn’t complete EPA-required remediation, he jumped in and did some of the tasks himself. When a leaking container was discovered, he opened it with the consignee to make

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Puerto Rico GM: ‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’

Clarivette Diaz’s career within the Saltchuk family of companies spans 16 years Clarivette Diaz was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the youngest of four children. “I grew up in Puerto Rico in a small humble house surrounded

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StratAir president focused on improvement

Andres Gonzalez: ‘We have a talented group of people who are instrumental in accomplishing our long-term success. I couldn’t be more excited.’ Like many busy professionals, StratAir President Andres Gonzalez’s morning routine starts with coffee. “I can’t function properly without

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Growth in Guyana

Tropical’s Country Manager Glenis Hodge said demand for shipping is ‘just the tip of the iceberg.’ Long before ‘oil’ became the newest buzzword and main driver of the Guyanese economy, Tropical Shipping offered fast shipping between West Palm Beach and

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‘The importance of investing in people’

More than 20 years after marine scientist Kemit-Amon Lewis became one of Tropical Shipping’s first scholarship recipients, a shared commitment to the Caribbean brought them together again. Kemit-Amon Lewis spent the past two decades building a storied career, predominately focused

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Tropical’s trailer triumph keeps trucking along

In 2016, Tropical Shipping embarked on an inland transport Continuous Improvement project that’s saved millions and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 17,000 metric tons. In 2016, Dave Hearl and Van Kent had an idea. “Our teams are always looking for

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Family helping family

Earlier this year, Naniq Director Mike Hinton’s sister was in crisis. Five Saltchuk companies worked together to help bring her home for Christmas. In May, Mike Hinton took a phone call from his older sister that would change his life

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Tropical operations manager celebrated for Distinguished Service in Safety

Vessel Operations Manager Merrilee Gorman is ‘deeply concerned with doing the right things the right way.’ Vessel Operations Manager Merrilee Gorman began her career at Tropical Shipping 38 years ago as a File Clerk in Accounting. “When I first started

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Safety Q&A with Robert Ackley, Tropical Shipping

Tropical Shipping Shipside Operations Supervisor Robert Ackley is a 2021-2022 Saltchuk Safety Award nominee after a series of pinch-point finger and hand injuries led to co-creating a tool that allows the company’s stevedores to hold lifting cables away from cargo,

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Safety Q&A with Carly Remm, Project Manager, Foss Maritime

Project Manager Carly Remm has proven to be a great asset for Foss Atlantic, having successfully triaged many of the safety issues encountered during the reactivation of a fleet of dilapidated vessels, returning (to date) five vessels back into safe

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