The Saltchuk family of companies

Joe Steib’s shops were accident-free in 2013 and 2014  By Hilary Reeves Joe Steib isn’t one to rush. “One accident can wipe away everything you’ve worked for in an instant,” said Steib, who manages two of Florida-based Tropical Shipping’s Maintenance

Chair Patti Hammitt hopes to expand program to neighboring Bahamas By Hilary Reeves Patti Hammitt is quick to share: “This is not about me.” Ninety miles southeast of Hammitt’s Palm Beach, Florida office lies Nassau, Bahamas, where 50 percent of

Saltchuk is building the best, by land, air, and sea. From the Bering Sea to Barrow, Anchorage to Aniak, and dozens of communities across the Last Frontier, Saltchuk is at home in Alaska. Our companies connect the roads, waterways, and

Joe Williams joined the company in St. Thomas 36 years ago By Hilary Reeves Joe Williams grew up on Anguilla, a 35-square-mile Caribbean island nation where community and island living go hand-in-hand. Williams’ mother, a housekeeper, and stepfather, a maintenance

The Peace Corps led Vermont native Renee La Grenade to St. Lucia; she joined Tropical days before the company’s first shipment to the island By Hilary Reeves Native New Englander Renee La Grenade still remembers the morning she decided to

Tropical’s Doug Cowper tasked with streamlining Bahamian trade By Hilary Reeves Doug Cowper’s father hails from the rocky, wind-whipped shores of Scotland. His mother grew up swimming in the clear, warm waters of the Bahamas. “My sister and I always