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Tom-Jankovich

The Jankovich Company joins NorthStar Energy

October 19, 2021February 8, 2022 9 min read

‘We decided to join NorthStar because we want to continue to grow,’ said President Tom Jankovich, Jr. of the company his father founded in 1933. Tom Jankovich, Jr. grew up outside of Los Angeles in the coastal community of San

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Jack Hagey

Foss Chief Engineer wins President’s Award for Innovation in Safety

August 17, 2021February 8, 2022 7 min read

Jack Hagey, Chief Engineer onboard the Stacey Foss, created the “Hagey Handler,” a tool designed to assist deckhands with heavy or frozen lines. Foss Maritime Chief Engineer Jack Hagey is the winner of the 2020 Saltchuk President’s Award for Innovation

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Patrick Leahy, TOTE Services

2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Patrick Leahy, TOTE Services

August 12, 2021February 8, 2022 6 min read

In the final installment of a nine-part Q&A series, TOTE Services Chief Mate Patrick Leahy answers questions about his life, career, and nomination for this year’s awards. Patrick Leahy, Chief Mate of the UNSN Fast Tempo and USNS Wheeler, refused

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Bill Lounsbery, NAC

2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Matthew Jarrett and Bill Lounsbery, Northern Air Cargo

August 11, 2021February 8, 2022 7 min read

In the eighth of a nine-part Q&A series, NAC Ramp Lead Matthew Jarrett and Cargo Services Supervisor Bill Lounsbery answer questions about their lives, careers, and nominations for this year’s awards. On March 26, 2020, an inattentive former employee threw

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Tim Healey, NAS

2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Tim Healey, Northern Aviation Services

August 10, 2021June 13, 2022 6 min read

In the seventh of a nine-part Q&A series, NAS VP of HR Tim Healey answers questions about his life, career, and a nomination for this year’s awards. No one was prepared for the disruption and change that would come from

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Dustin Case, AAC

2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Dustin Case, Aloha Air Cargo

August 5, 2021February 8, 2022 6 min read

In the sixth of a nine-part Q&A series, Aloha Air Cargo Captain Dustin Case answers questions about his life, career, and a nomination for this year’s awards. Dustin Case always wanted to be a pilot. He joined Aloha Air Cargo

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Conner Foss

2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Leroy Schlecht, Foss Maritime

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021 6 min read

In the fifth of a nine-part Q&A series, Foss Launch Operator Leroy Schlecht answers questions about his life, career, and nomination for this year’s awards. On Jan. 4, 2020, Foss Maritime Launch Operator Leroy Schlecht participated in a rescue response

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Erika Vega, TMPR

2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Erika Vega, TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 3 min read

In the fourth of a nine-part Q&A series, TOTE PR Risk Management Generalist Erika Vega answers questions about her life, career, and nomination for this year’s awards. In 2019, TOTE received its 45001 ISO certification for safety. Erika Vega led

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Tamara Lowe

Dominica Island Manager’s unlikely career a roadmap for women in shipping

July 22, 2021March 10, 2022 6 min read

Tamara Lowe: ‘My roles involve aligning efforts toward promoting an awareness among young women of the career opportunities available within the Maritime sector with the hope of addressing the under-representation of women in the industry.’ Tamara Lowe grew up on

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Hawaii business.

Saltchuk Hawaiʻi boosts island professionals to new heights through distance MBA program

July 21, 2021November 28, 2021 12 min read

Kimo Haynes: ‘These scholarships are an investment in our community.’ In 2008, the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa created a Neighbor Island MBA program through its Shidler College of Business. Redesigned as a stand-alone Distance Learning Executive MBA (EMBA) program

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2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Ed Rowe, NAMS

June 24, 2021June 13, 2022 3 min read

In the third of a nine-part Q&A series, NAMS Passenger Ramp Lead Ed Rowe answers questions about his life, career, and nomination for this year’s awards. Northern Air Maintenance Services Passenger Ramp Lead Ed Rowe was nominated for  Safety Award

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Zack Midles

2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Zack Midles, TOTE Maritime Alaska

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 5 min read

In the second of a nine-part Q&A series, TOTE Maritime Alaska Sr. Operations Analyst Zack Midles answers questions about his life, career, and nomination for this year’s awards. TOTE Maritime Alaska Senior Operations Analyst Zack Midles’s nomination for a Safety

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Greg Walz, DW

2020 Safety Award nominee Q&A: Brandon Kurtzweil & Greg Walz, Delta Western

June 22, 2021August 8, 2022 18 min read

In the first of a nine-part Q&A series, Delta Western Terminal Operator Brandon Kurtzweil and Lead Terminal Operator Greg Walz answer questions about their lives, careers, and nominations for this year’s awards. On Dec. 8, 2020, Delta Western Terminal Operator

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People of Saltchuk was created in 2014 to highlight the hard working people dedicated to making Saltchuk companies the best in their industries. We think the transportation industry is fascinating, and hope you find the stories here interesting, inspiring and enlightening as you learn about the companies and people that make up the Saltchuk family. If you have a suggestion for a feature, please > contact Emily Reiter

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HILARY REEVES

Hilary Reeves spent 10 years as a newspaper reporter and editor before joining the Saltchuk family of companies as a consultant. Since People of Saltchuk launched in 2014, Reeves has interviewed more than 200 Saltchuk employees from operating companies all over the world. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Reeves is a former president of both the collegiate and local professional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists, a graduate of the Society’s Ted Scripps Leadership Institute, and a Toastmaster. When she’s not writing, she loves to read, ski, and practice the piano. She lives in West Seattle with her husband and two young daughters.

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