Chance Meeting While Surfing Led Guy Beckwith to Job at Foss Maritime By Bruce Sherman (This article first appeared in the December 2015 edition of Foss Tow Bitts, the official publication of Foss Maritime) Guy Beckwith had worked more than three
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After more than a decade at sea, Pete Roney remains focused on mariner safety as a Project Operations Specialist By Hilary Reeves Foss Maritime Captain Pete Roney’s job includes, among other things, managing the equipment and personnel necessary to ensure
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Capt. Doug Hajek was master of the Wedell Foss for many years By Bruce Sherman, this article originally appeared in August edition of the Foss Towbitts publication Ask Doug Hajek, who retired June 1 as senior captain at Foss Maritime,
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Anniversary gala in Seattle, Foss history book will highlight company’s 125-year celebration By Bruce Sherman – This article first appeared in the April 2014 Issue of Towbitts, the official publication of Foss Maritime. When Norwegian immigrant Thea Foss started renting
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Four generations of Crowleys, probably exceeded only by the Foss family in the number of relatives at the company over the years, have taken a never-ending ribbing about the fact that their last name is the same as their employer’s
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Saltchuk Marine CEO Jason Childs: ‘The skills students are learning and the practical application of those skills is a wonderful introduction to various maritime careers.’ Last week, Maritime High School’s second freshman class gathered in the rain to launch four
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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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Cook Inlet Tug & Barge Mate Eric Nyce was nominated for a 2021-2022 Saltchuk Safety Award for his help in planning, installation and testing of a Man Overboard recovery winch that is mobile and portable to any side of a
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Our photo essay of the USS Kitty Hawk’s final sea voyage The USS Kitty Hawk USS Kitty Hawk was named for the site of the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight in 1903. The lead ship of the Navy’s second class
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Michael O’Shea: ‘I’ve really been blessed in my life. My only wish would have been to have my mom along for the ride.’ Not long after Michael O’Shea was born, his mother was diagnosed with cancer. “There was never a
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Ben Ostroff: ‘I believe in giving decision-making power to the people closest to the operation.’ In the weeks following the completion of Ben Ostroff’s first semester at Pitzer College—a top-ranked liberal arts school near Los Angeles where Ostroff was planning
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‘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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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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