Since setting a new course for Tropical, Murrell eyes other opportunities to ride the wave of the future. By Hilary Reeves The American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF) has announced it will honor the career achievements of Saltchuk Senior Vice President ...
Annette Brophy moved from Detroit to Florida in 1981 By Hilary Reeves Annette Brophy was a Midwestern tomboy, a recent high school grad working at a steamship agency, when she was offered a job in Florida. “I jumped at the ...
A career-ending knee injury set Will Lewis, Jr. on the path to becoming a logistics pro By Hilary Reeves Will Lewis, Jr. grew up in Valdosta, Georgia, a town near the state’s southern border well known for its high school ...
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, ...
Tropical VP: ‘Without a doubt, Maria is the fiercest storm I’ve ever seen…’ By Hilary Reeves As TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico and Tropical Shipping employees continue picking up the pieces of lives shattered by the one-two punch of Hurricanes Irma ...
Tropical St. Thomas Island Manager Nisha Aubain re-created a 30-year-old photo to remind co-workers of their importance to life on the island. By Hilary Reeves When Nisha Aubain lifted an old, dusty photo from a storage-room box about to be ...
Chris Wolf: ‘There’s little to limit the potential…’ By Hilary Reeves Chris Wolf joined Foss Maritime as a dispatcher in 1984. “I’ll never forget my interview with Steve Scalzo,” he said. “I made a commitment that I was in for ...
Jennifer Nugent-Hill spent years helping her home island of St. Croix recover after Hurricane Hugo; touts importance of the company’s Disaster Management Workshops. By Hilary Reeves Jennifer Nugent-Hill was living on the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix on Sept. ...
Ed Severino chose sunny Florida over snowy Connecticut almost 30 years ago and has watched the company grow from the inside out. By Hilary Reeves In 1989, Ed Severino received a call that would change his life forever. “It was ...
Khac Do has been working with the company’s system since 1986. By Hilary Reeves Originally from Vietnam, Khac Do lived briefly in San Francisco and Ann Arbor, Michigan before settling in Palm Beach, Florida in 1980. He was 19 years ...
