The stories behind the Saltchuk family of companies
The money will support start-up costs for the first four years of the school and allow the school to grow to 400 students by 2025. Saltchuk companies Foss Maritime, TOTE, and NorthStar Energy have together pledged $500,000 to support the
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In the fourth of a nine-part Q&A series, TOTE PR Risk Management Generalist Erika Vega answers questions about her life, career, and nomination for this year’s awards. In 2019, TOTE received its 45001 ISO certification for safety. Erika Vega led
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In the second of a nine-part Q&A series, TOTE Maritime Alaska Sr. Operations Analyst Zack Midles answers questions about his life, career, and nomination for this year’s awards. TOTE Maritime Alaska Senior Operations Analyst Zack Midles’s nomination for a Safety
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Leveraging TOTE and NAC’s resources, Milena Sevigny’s latest project put 30,000 books into the hands of children in Alaska’s most remote villages. TOTE Alaska Community Relations Program Manager Milena Sevigny was born in Houston, Texas, where she lived until, at 18,
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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
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Billy Godwin is the 2018 winner of Saltchuk’s Mike Garvey Award for Distinguished Service in Safety. By Hilary Reeves TOTE Maritime Alaska Terminal Operations Manager Billy Godwin is the 2018 winner of Saltchuk’s Mike Garvey Award for Distinguished Service in
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Georgia native JP Marcantonio accepted the position of VP of Marine Services in February. By Hilary Reeves During his 13 years at Foss Maritime, JP Marcantonio’s motto was, “Happy to be here. Proud to serve.” “I never had a bad
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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
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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
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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
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Ashley Slater moved from Anchorage to Palm Beach for a ‘change of scenery.’ By Hilary Reeves Ashley Slater began her career at TOTE Maritime Alaska in Anchorage. After four years, she decided she needed a “change of scenery.” “(In Alaska),
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Trout died Nov. 20; remaining original shareholders remember his ‘grateful heart.’ By Hilary Reeves Whenever Everett “Ev” Trout told the well-worn story of his initial April 1, 1976 meeting with the group of men responsible for the burgeoning startup Totem
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TOTE Maritime partners with Hunger Fight to send emergency meals This week, 36 stateside TOTE Maritime employees in Jacksonville, Florida spent two hours packing meals for their fellow employees in Puerto Rico. In partnership with the local charity Hunger Fight,
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