Saltchuk

Saltchuk is a privately owned family of diversified transportation and distribution companies headquartered in Seattle, Washington. With consolidated annual revenue of nearly $3 billion and approximately 7,500 employees, Puget Sound Business Journal listed Saltchuk as the largest private company in Washington state in 2016. Throughout North America, Saltchuk companies provide air cargo, domestic and international shipping and logistics, marine services, nationwide and Alaska trucking & logistics, and petroleum distribution.

The company’s air cargo services include scheduled cargo service, on-demand charter services, ACMI leasing, third-party aircraft maintenance, aviation related management and consulting services, and aviation support services for large-scale industrial projects. It offers over-the-road, rail, and air/sea shipping and logistics services, which include domestic transportation, cargo logistics, third-party vessel construction/management, roll-on-roll-off and containerized ocean transportation, ocean vessel ownership/charter, heavy haul trucking, and specialized temperature controlled equipment fleet services for government, commercial, and private ship owners. Its marine services include marine transportation services, such as oil field, and international and domestic cargo transportation; technical and engineering services, including service shipyards, new vessel construction, vessel maintenance and repair, yacht, and naval architecture and marine engineering services; harbor services, such as ship assist and tanker escort, bunker and petroleum transportation, construction support, terminal, emergency response rescue/regional towing, and barge mooring services; and liner barge services. Its petroleum distribution services include fuel and lubricants distribution, domestic and international marine transportation coordination, and distribution to retail locations and convenience stores. The company’s trucking services comprise single source contract carrier, regional heavy hauling, and intermodal marketing services, as well as local, regional, and transcontinental coverage.[1]

The Corporate Home provides leadership and resources to the operating companies, but not direct management of their operations. However, the company does provide integrated leadership in ethics and compliance, finance, capital deployment, risk management, human resources and internal audit. Although Saltchuk has grown considerably since its founding in 1982, the Corporate Home employs only about 50 people and has retained the collegial and entrepreneurial culture of a much smaller organization.[2]

History

In 1982, eight investors came together to form a new partnership for the purpose of acquiring Totem Ocean Trailer Express, a domestic ocean liner service to Alaska.

The 1980s: In the first decade, Saltchuk grew by adding two other marine transportation companies, including a ship management firm based in Philadelphia and Foss Maritime, an iconic Pacific Northwest tug and barge operation.

The 1990s: As Saltchuk entered its second decade, it had established ourselves as a strong Pacific Northwest based maritime business. Saltchuk continued to evolve by establishing an investment holding company office and acquiring additional companies that both geographically grew its maritime operations and diversified its business lines by expanding into petroleum distribution, real estate and air cargo.

The 2000s: Into the third decade, Saltchuk became clearly defined as a transportation company, adding trucking, consolidation and logistics operations and divesting of assets that were unrelated to the core transportation and distribution business.

Ownership also evolved over these three decades. A strong partnership actively oversaw the business as both owners and management from 1982 to 1994, in the mid-1990s the company transitioned to primary ownership by one of the partners, Mike Garvey. In 2009, Saltchuk became a family business when Mike and Lynn’s three daughters, Denise, Nicole and Michele, assumed the family’s majority ownership position.

Companies & lines of business

Saltchuk is organized in seven lines of business that are responsible for the operation and growth of a related portfolio of businesses:

Air Cargo: Northern Aviation Services

Northern Aviation Services (NAS), specializing in industry related services, comprises five operating brands: Aloha Air Cargo and Northern Air Cargo, Hawaii and Alaska’s largest scheduled all-cargo airlines, Aloha Tech Ops and Northern Air Maintenance Services, both FAA certified Part 145 Repair Stations, and NAS Contract Services, providing a range of aviation related support services worldwide. These five companies deliver a wide variety of aviation experience in the U.S. for customers such as FedEx, UPS, USPS, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and American Airlines, and internationally for customers such as US Postal Service and the US Department of Defense.

Domestic Shipping & Logistics: TOTE

TOTE is the head of the Domestic Shipping & Logistics operation, with Maritime liner services moving one-third of all cargo to Alaska’s Railbelt and one-fifth to Puerto Rico. TOTE Services, one of the oldest companies in the Saltchuk portfolio, provides leading ship management solutions to government, commercial and private ship owners. Carlile offers seamless transportation solutions including over-the-road, rail, air and sea across (and around) North America. TOTE serves primarily Fortune 500 companies and regional freight consolidators.

International Shipping & Logistics: Tropical Shipping

With the acquisition of Tropical Shipping in 2014, Saltchuk added international shipping and logistics as its sixth line of business. For over 50 years, Tropical has provided the fastest, most reliable transportation and logistics services to The Bahamas and Caribbean. From Canada to Guyana, and destinations between, Tropical Shipping meets customers’ freight-shipping needs with full service cargo logistics, warehousing and consolidation, state-of-the-art facilities in select seaside ports, as well as, cargo insurance.

Marine Services: Foss

Foss was Saltchuk’s first tug and barge company. Today, Foss owns and operates one of the nation’s largest coastal tug and barge fleets, offering a broad range of green- and blue-water marine services. Foss serves the world’s largest oil and gas companies, international shipping companies and a variety of governmental and nongovernmental agencies. In addition, with two Pacific Northwest shipyards, Foss provides full technical and engineering services from naval architecture and marine engineering to vessel design, construction, and repair.

Petroleum Distribution: North Star Petroleum

North Star Petroleum (NSP) is Saltchuk’s petroleum distributor and marketer. NSP delivers over 200 million gallons of petroleum and lubricants in Alaska and Hawaii each year. Its customers are the states’ residents, as well as their fishery, mining and construction industries. North Star is the largest petroleum and lubricant distributor in Alaska, and the largest independent marketer on Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii.

Alaska Trucking & Logistics: Carlile

Carlile is dedicated to meeting the unique trucking & logistics needs of Alaska. Founded in 1980 by brothers John and Harry McDonald, Carlile has grown from two tractors to one of Alaska’s largest trucking companies. Today, Carlile’s wholly owned terminals serve Alaska from Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai, Kodiak, Prudhoe Bay and Seward, as well as Tacoma, Washington; Houston, Texas; and Edmonton, Alberta.

Nationwide Trucking & Logistics: Interstate

Interstate represents Saltchuk’s nationwide trucking & logistics segment and is a premier transportation company based in Tacoma, Washington. Established in 1933, Interstate has operating facilities in major markets throughout the United States, Western Canada, and along the Mexican border. Among its customers are many Fortune 500 companies.

Environmental commitment

Saltchuk is committed to operating in a way that minimizes negative impacts on the environment. Its companies’ investments in clean technology and alternative fuels have set new standards in reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality in the transportation industry.

TOTE Marlin Class Vessels

TOTE is proud to build the world’s first natural gas-powered containerships for the U.S. maritime industry. The Marlin-class vessels are the most advanced, environmentally responsible vessels of their kind – reducing vessel sulfur emissions (SOX) by 97 percent, particulate matter (PM) by 98 percent, nitrogen oxide (NOx) by 60 percent, and carbon dioxide (CO2) by 72 percent, while providing safe, reliable cargo deliveries. Two Marlin-class vessels are under construction at General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, CA. These American-made ships will enter service in late 2015 and early 2016, between Jacksonville, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

TOTE Orca Class Conversion

TOTE is not just the first in the nation to build LNG ships, but its also first to convert its existing fleet to run on natural gas. TOTE’s two Orca Class vessels serving the Alaska trade will be converted with minimal time out of service and return as the most environmentally sophisticated ships in the nation. As a result of the conversion, the Orcas will set new standards for environmental responsibility by reducing sulfur oxide (SOx) emission by 100 percent; particulate matter (PM) by 91 percent; nitrogen oxide (NOx) by 90 percent; and carbon dioxide (CO2) by 35 percent.

Interstate LNG Trucks

Interstate made history in August 2014 when it became the first national freight carrier based in the Pacific Northwest to “go green,” adding 20 new LNG tractors to its fleet. By utilizing the cleanest technology available, Interstate is reducing greenhouse gas emissions. An EPA SmartWay member since the programs’ inception in 2004, Interstate consistently monitors and improves fuel efficiency and the environmental performance of its fleet. In 2013, Interstate’s dedicated and dry van fleets ranked among the lowest in the industry for CO2 emissions, reflecting upgrades to the newest clean-air engines. Additional advancements made in aerodynamics and engine parameters settings to reduce idle times have aided in more than a five percent improvement in fuel economy.

Foss Hybrid Tugs

In 2008, Foss designed and built the world’s first hybrid tugboat, the Carolyn Dorothy; and the company converted a second Dolphin-class tug, the Campbell Foss, in 2011. These tugs were designed to retain the power and maneuverability of their sister Dolphin-class tugs, while dramatically reducing emissions, noise, and fuel consumption. Foss was awarded EPA’s prestigious Clean Air Excellence Award for this innovative design in 2008.

TOTE Shore Power

In October 2013, TOTE became the cargo carrier at the Port of Tacoma, Washington to utilize the shoreside electrical grid for power when their ships are in port. By utilizing shore power, TOTE eliminates air emissions while the ships are at the dock. The TOTE terminal in Tacoma was the first cargo terminal on Puget Sound to initiate the practice.

TOTE Raingardens

In 2011 TOTE installed the Puget Sound region’s first industrial rain gardens at their Port of Tacoma terminal. The rain gardens, which feature almost 600 native plants, are designed to filter pollutants from water that runs off building rooftops and the property where TOTE carries out its daily operations. Approximately a quarter of a million gallons of water is routed through the gardens each year, eliminating more than 80 percent of heavy metals that otherwise would flow directly into Commencement Bay. The rain gardens have become a centerpiece for South Sound conservationists looking for low cost, high impact solutions to improve water quality.

Young Brothers Solar Power Project

Young Brothers invested in renewable energy in November 2010 with 432 new solar panels installed at its Pier 40 location at Honolulu Harbor. The 116 kW photovoltaic system will produce enough clean, renewable energy over its lifetime to preserve more than 15,000 trees and conserve more than 400,000 gallons of gasoline.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology for Young Brothers

Young Brothers has partnered with Sandia National Laboratory to test portable, hydrogen-fueled proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells for barges. The fuel cells will be housed in a 40-ft container, supply power for refrigeration of cargo, and replace diesel generators currently used to provide electricity for temperature-controlled containers. Hydrogen fuel emits only water vapor. A successful deployment of the containerized fuel cells could significantly reduce port emissions and validate the concept for other port applications. The design phase of this project has been completed and delivery and testing of the container will begin in the second quarter of 2015.

Community giving

Giving back is at the heart of Saltchuk companies. Over the last decade, Saltchuk companies have given an average of $2.5 million each year, totaling more than $20 million in cash and in-kind support to communities in which we operate. In 2014 our companies provided financial, in-kind and volunteer support to more than 500 community building organization.

Types of Gifts

References

  1. ↑ "Saltchuk Resources, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  2. ↑ "Saltchuk Corporate Location, Philosophy & Lines of Business". Retrieved 2016-08-23.

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