Noe Hewlen: ‘I am very proud of my 29 years of service.’ By Hilary Reeves Noe Hewlen is Young Brother’s only female Machine Operator, a title proudly bestowed more than 20 years ago. “I used to deliver 20 cases of
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Mack grew up in a ‘Foss family.’ By Hilary Reeves When Andrea Mack was a kid, Foss Maritime was a much smaller company. “I remember going to the Ewing Street office to drop off or pick up my dad and
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Sponsor Lynne Parrott: ‘(Captain) Alapa‘i…was loved by all who knew him.’ By Hilary Reeves The Kāpena Raymond Alapa‘i – the second of four new ocean-going tugs slated to begin neighbor island service for Young Brothers – was christened on October
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Thomas Kaohimaunu: ‘We are truly a family.’ By Hilary Reeves Thomas Kaohimaunu was born on the island of Oahu, moving to Waimea on the island of Hawaii when he was two. “Growing up in Waimea was challenging, yet rewarding,” he
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Rob Nakama’s unique experience proved essential in Kuwait during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and on the ground stateside during Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon disaster By Hilary Reeves Just two weeks after accepting the U.S. Coast Guard’s congratulations on a
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Foss Quality Assurance Manager Randy Lau draws upon decades of Logistics experience in Hawaii. By Hilary Reeves Randy Lau grew up in Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. His grandfather immigrated to the island chain from Japan as a
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Oahu native Bobby Young remembers hand-stacking cargo, plans to retire next year By Hilary Reeves Robert “Bobby” Young grew up in the small Oahu neighborhood of Iwalani Place, in Kaimuki, just below the island’s towering Diamond Head crater. In the
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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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Minit Stop marketing manager Kim Robello continues to chart new waters By Hilary Reeves Kim Robello graduated from high school on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in 1978. He immediately went to work as the graveyard cashier for a local
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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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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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Honolulu to Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Hilo, Kawaihae, and Kauai – Young Brothers and Aloha Air Cargo connect the islands of Hawaii- providing reliable shipments of everything from groceries to construction equipment by air and by sea. On the Big Island
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Aloha Air Cargo’s Lynn Tanaka looks to the future – and the past – after life-changing surgery By Hilary Reeves Growing up in Hawaii, Lynn Tanaka was more interested in tea ceremonies than piano lessons, in flower arranging than the
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