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New General Counsel Called ‘Excellent Fit’ for Foss Team
Seasoned corporate executive Sloane Perras has joined Foss Maritime as vice president, general counsel and chief ethics officer. Perras will lead the company’s Legal and… Read more
Cook Inlet Tug & Barge Acquiring Crowley Assets on North Slope
Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), an independently managed subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Crowley Vessel… Read more
Grain Terminal Assist
It was another “day in the life” as the Foss tugs Lynn Marieand Wedell Fossrecently assisted the bulk carrier Panstar into the Port of… Read more
Program Improves Worker Safety at Foss Shipyard
By Grant Johnson, Vice President, Health, Safety, Quality and Environment Strains and sprains have long been considered a risk of working in a heavy industrial… Read more
Industry Leader to Takes Over Cook Inlet Tug & Barge
Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), an independently managed subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, announced that industry veteran Jeff Johnsonhas been named as the… Read more
A Letter to the Foss Community Circa 2149
By John Parrott While we at Foss are currently celebrating our first 130 years in the Maritime business, I thought this would be a… Read more
Foss at 130: Homegrown Company is a World Leader in the Tug-Barge Industry
When Norwegian immigrant Thea Foss started renting rowboats from herfloating home in Tacoma in 1889,… Read more
Saltchuk’s Michele Seaver: 100 Percent Committed to Dreams, Family
By Hilary Reeves The day before Michele Seaver’s sudden passing on April 26, she joyfully assisted in the birth of a healthy Palomino filly on… Read more
Megayacht Business Holds Great Promise
The Foss Seattle shipyard, which historically has focused on maintaining large fishing boats, tugs and other commercial vessels, is pushing its way into a… Read more
Press Release: Foss Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer
Leader in Finance and Team Management Joins Leading Maritime Firm SEATTLE, WA JUNE 1, 2019– Foss Maritime Company announced today that former Vice… Read more
Former Foss COO Named AWO Chairman
Scott Merritt, former Chief Operating Officer for Foss Maritime Company, LLC, has been recently elected Chairman of the American Waterways Operators (AWO), succeeding outgoing… Read more
Foss Orders Four New Harbor Tugs with Options for Six More
Construction is underway on the newest class of Foss harbor tugs. Foss has entered a contract with Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) in Freeland,… Read more
Capt. Dominguez was a fixture in the L.A. and Long Beach Harbors
Capt. René H. Dominguez, a long time fixture in the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors, died suddenly at home on August 9. He… Read more
Anchorage Has its First Dolphin-Class Harbor Tug
Foss subsidiary Cook Inlet Tug & Barge, based in Anchorage, has its first Dolphin Class tug, the hybrid-powered Bering Wind. Formerly named the Campbell… Read more