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Kevin smiles in a warehouse, wearing orange

Carlile terminal manager credits team for safety award nomination

October 15, 2020 Hilary Reeves 1437 Views Awards, Carlile, Growth, History, leadership, Safety, safety award, Safety Culture, Saltchuk, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People, Tacoma

Kevin Sibley: ‘We’ve come a long way in the past seven years.’ Kevin Sibley was working as a night cook when he graduated from high school in 1987. He thought about joining the military, but a buddy of his who

Don poses below shipyard cranes in Tropical hat.

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Career mariner embraces life shoreside

March 16, 2020 Hilary Reeves 1700 Views Bahamas, Caribbean, caribbean shipping, Florida, leadership, Saltchuk, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People, shipping to caribbean, Tropical, Tropical Shipping

Don Croal: ‘After 45 years, it’s still an adventure, not just a job.’ By Hilary Reeves Across the street from Dornsford (Don) Croal’s childhood home in Guyana lived a ship captain and merchant mariner who would one day change his

Laticia smiles and crosses her arms in NAC offices.

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Claims Controller finds passion in lost freight

February 28, 2020 Hilary Reeves 1472 Views air cargo, Alaska, Anchorage, family, Family Ties, leadership, NAC, NAMS, Northern Air Cargo, Saltchuk Alaska, Saltchuk Aviation, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People

Army veteran Laticia Rowe joined NAC 18 years ago after settling in Alaska. By Hilary Reeves It took Northern Air Cargo Claims Controller Laticia Rowe decades to find her dream career. Born and raised in Central Florida, she is the

Michael and Jeremy pose in front of a Carlile truck.

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Carlile truckers named among best in Alaska

January 24, 2020 Hilary Reeves 2741 Views Alaska, Awards, Carlile, Carlile Transportation, Community, Fairbanks, Growth, History, leadership, Safety, safety award, Safety Culture, Saltchuk Alaska, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People, trucking

Michael Brad Hinkes and Jeremy Welton went on to place 14th and 18th places, respectively, in their categories at the National Truck Driving Championships in Pittsburgh last summer. By Hilary Reeves Michael Brad Hinkes is one of the safest cargo

Adam poses with hand on throttle in the cockpit of a NAC jet.

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NAC Pilot takes life one adventure at a time

January 10, 2020 Hilary Reeves 2348 Views air cargo, Alaska, Aloha, Aloha Air Cargo, Florida, Hawaii, History, leadership, NAC, Northern Air Cargo, Saltchuk, Saltchuk Alaska, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People

Soldier, musician, pilot (and amateur herpetologist) Adam Townley-Wren began flying for Aloha Air Cargo in 2014. By Hilary Reeves Northern Air Cargo 767 Captain Adam Townley-Wren was born in New Orleans to parents who met playing drums in Tulane University’s

Johnny poses for a portrait in a white button up.

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Saltchuk analyst weighs risks versus rewards

January 3, 2020 Hilary Reeves 1799 Views Growth, leadership, leadership development, Saltchuk, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People, Seattle

Former collegiate baseball player Jonny Locher found home at Saltchuk. By Hilary Reeves Saltchuk Senior Financial Analyst Jonny Locher’s first love wasn’t business – it was baseball. “My dream since elementary school was to play baseball for Stanford and then

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HR Director joins Saltchuk ranks

December 26, 2019 Hilary Reeves 2737 Views Growth, leadership, leadership development, Saltchuk, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People, Seattle

Erin Kittleman spent 22 years working at Esterline before changing course last spring. By Hilary Reeves Senior Director of Human Resources Erin Kittleman joined the tight-knit ranks of Saltchuk’s Seattle headquarters in May. Formerly Vice President of the Control &

Lan and Ko walk away from an Aloha Air Cargo jet sitting on the tarmac.

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Married NAC cargo pilots took different routes to heavy-jet dreams

November 13, 2019 Hilary Reeves 2093 Views air cargo, Aloha, Aloha Air Cargo, Caribbean, caribbean shipping, family, Family Ties, Florida, Hawaii, Hurricane, hurricane response, Miami, NAC, Northern Air Cargo, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People, shipping to caribbean, stratair

Ko and Lan pilot Boeing 767s from Honolulu and Miami. By Hilary Reeves Hongchul An (Ko) and Ran An (Lan) have many things in common: they were both born and raised in Tokyo, emigrating to the United States as teenagers.

Trisha and Dick pose together in front of their home.

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‘He got goosebumps and instantly teared up.’

September 6, 2019 Hilary Reeves 1485 Views air cargo, family, Family Ties, Foss, Foss Maritime, History, NAC, Northern Air Cargo, saltchuk family, Saltchuk People, Tacoma

NAC’s Trisha Reyes’s familial discovery led her on a hunt for Agnes Foss treasure. By Hilary Reeves Trisha Reyes’s father Richard “Dick” Banks peppered her childhood with stories of the months he spent aboard a tugboat bound for Vietnam in

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