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Parrott smiles with one hand on a dock rail and the other holding his Foss hard hat, a Foss tugboat is docked behind him.

Foss chief no stranger to adventure

July 18, 2016June 27, 2023 Emily Reiter 987 Views Carlile, family, Foss, foss shipyard, Kings Point, Maritime, merchant marine, naval academy, naval reserve station, pan am, portugal, sailor, Seattle, seattle university, TOTE Maritime

Seattle-native John Parrott’s maritime experience rooted in childhood at sea By Hilary Reeves When John Parrott was five years old, his parents decided to move the family from Seattle to Portugal. It was 1969. “My dad was working (as a

Ben stands inside a TOTE ship being serviced at NASSCO.

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Marlins project manager keeping his eye on the industry’s changing horizon

March 10, 2015August 2, 2023 Emily Reiter 747 Views Kings Point, leadership, Maritime Education, Marlin Class, TOTE, USMMA

Ben Christian took career risks on the road to the spring project launch of the world’s first LNG containerships By Hilary Reeves To sea, or not to sea – that was the question for Ben Christian. Raised in Des Moines,