The Jamie Ann, Sarah Avrick, and Leisa Florence are in service in ports along the California coast with the Rachael Allen on the way, their virtual christening a first for Saltchuk Marine More than a year after the delivery of ...
Bob Pepper retired last month after 30 years with Foss Maritime. When Bob Pepper was growing up in northern Alabama, he didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life – but he knew what he didn’t want to ...
“For many years, I’ve heard captains say tug-boating is 90 percent boredom and 10 percent sheer terror. It’s very true.” Lindsey Foss Captain Andy Beeler was 11 when he learned how to detail and winterize the boats moored in his ...
Nic and Marjorie Zoretic spent the past decade navigating parallel sailing careers and now shoreside positions with Foss, TOTE. Nic and Marjorie Zoretic first crossed paths at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. Nic, born ...
Foss Maritime Tug Captain Katrina Anderson on her family’s legacy and keeping afloat through pandemic best practices. Katrina Anderson is a born and raised Alaskan and – with her younger brother – the fourth generation to work the family business, ...
Gary May’s three-months-on, one-month-off schedule has led to many “wonderful” professional friendships. By Hilary Reeves Foss Maritime Tug Captain Gary May didn’t come into his profession by accident – he knew all along who and what he wanted to become. ...
Career mariner Art Dahlin was named General Manager of Foss’s Columbia Snake River region – and the Fleet Monitoring Center – in 2018. By Hilary Reeves Foss Martime’s Fleet Monitoring Center (FMC) debuted to much fanfare on June 1, 2016 ...
NAC Director of Crew Services Trisha Reyes and her father, Richard “Dick” Banks, in Arizona. NAC’s Trisha Reyes’s familial discovery led her on a hunt for Foss treasure. By Hilary Reeves Trisha Reyes’s father Richard “Dick” Banks peppered her childhood ...
Wade Clark is finishing his QMED certification at Seattle Maritime Academy. By Hilary Reeves Wade Clark knew he wanted to stay in the maritime industry after his discharge from the Navy in 2017. More specifically, he knew he wanted to ...
From left to right: Saltchuk Principal Shareholders Nicole Engle, Michele Seaver, and Denise Tabbutt. Seaver passed away on April 26, 2019. By Hilary Reeves The day before Michele Seaver’s sudden passing on April 26, she joyfully assisted in the birth ...
