Original shareholder Leonard Shapiro passed away on March 12; colleagues remember a confident leader and family man who always kept his word. By Hilary Reeves Ev Trout first met Leonard Shapiro on April 1, 1976. Trout had flown to Seattle
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Originally from Hawaii, Megan Rycraft said sense of ‘community, family, and teamwork’ keep her spirits high in the Arctic By Hilary Reeves Megan Rycraft’s parents moved from California to the Hamakua Coast outside of Hilo, Hawaii when she was just
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Mark Maddock first stepped foot on the storied yacht some 40 years ago By Hilary Reeves When Mark Maddock boards the luxury yacht Thea Foss with the rest of her crew in preparation for an upcoming cruise, his goal is
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Eunice Cadorette Young’s maritime career was a dream worth pursuing By Hilary Reeves Boston-native Eunice Cadorette Young’s dream of a career spent at sea sailed to the forefront of her imagination in high school. She never met her grandfather, a
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Jonathan ‘Big Jon’ Kaaihue celebrates 21 years with Young Brothers By Hilary Reeves Machine Operator Jonathan Kaaihue was born and raised on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, but moved to Southern California just months before starting high school. After completing
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Foss dispatcher turned Director of Business Development finds adventure in Alaska By Hilary Reeves In Tucker Tillman’s childhood home outside of Portland, Ore., creativity reigned. “I think I took for granted how much fun (my mom) was when I was
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So-Cal native Fred Gray moved to Haines 22 years ago; credits career longevity to ‘sense of ownership’ By Hilary Reeves As he’s done so many times in the past 22 years, Fred Gray brushes the newly fallen show off his
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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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Strategic Planning Manager Nami Ohtomo hopes to see more renewable energy across maritime industry By Hilary Reeves The U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories recently began a six-month test of its prototype maritime hydrogen fuel cell generator at the
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Don Stone, Delta Western, and the capital plan to shorten the methanol supply chain to Alaska By Hilary Reeves Don Stone moved to Seattle from California in 2006 in search of a new adventure. After years as a tax consultant,
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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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Blessie Goco and Ina Burke managed risk, rewards on paths to careers at Saltchuk, Foss By Hilary Reeves On July 4, 1993, Ina Burke watched her mother become an American citizen. She was five years old. “No one would take
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Swiss Native and Mechanic Daniel Zufferey’s Journey This article first appeared in the May issue of Towbitts, the official publication of Foss Maritime. By Bruce Sherman As far as Daniel Zufferey is concerned, there’s a common thread that has woven
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