TMA Rate Specialist Nicole Weite successfully intervened on not one, but two Near Miss falls. By Hilary Reeves Nicole Weite is developing quite a reputation as a stickler for safety. In September of 2018, the TOTE Maritime Alaska rate specialist ...
Carmen Bird: ‘I wanted to create a game with a creative spin on safety awareness.’ By Hilary Reeves Almost a year after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake sent Anchorage rocking, TOTE Maritime Alaska Invoicing Specialist Carmen Bird’s unique approach to earthquake safety ...
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 ...
Craig Coughlin’s observation on container safety garnered him a 2018 Safety Award nomination. By Hilary Reeves Craig Coughlin grew up working on cars in Springfield Virginia, attended a vocational high school and later trained as a diesel mechanic at a ...
Patti Tripp: ‘I want to continue to learn new things that will help me to keep advancing my career.’ By Hilary Reeves If there was anything constant about the early years of Patti Tripp’s career, it’s that she was constantly ...
Edilio Brito will receive the President’s Award for Innovation in Safety for his commitment to improving forklift visibility. By Hilary Reeves Tropical Shipping Lead Mechanic and 2018 Saltchuk Safety Award winner Edilio Brito grew up in Miami, a talented guitarist ...
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 ...
Joy Mizushima’s monthly poems add whimsy to reminders of common workplace hazards. By Hilary Reeves TOTE Maritime Alaska’s Joy Mizushima is a born artist. “I grew up in Okinawa, in a military environment,” she said, of the Japanese island first ...
Bradley Bishop has worked on the Jacksonville waterfront since the age of 18. By Hilary Reeves Last month, Bradley Bishop shed his role as TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico’s Jacksonville Terminal Operations Manager in favor of a new position: Director of ...
Tropical Shipping Assistant Vice President Tim DiPietropolo in Miami. Tim DiPietropolo enjoys ‘sharing how exciting our industry and the Caribbean region is with the next generation.’ By Hilary Reeves The evening before the Tropical Shipping container ship Tropic Dawn’s first ...
