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MARCH 2011 2006 / / Volume Volume 24 19 Issue Issue 1 4 decemberMARCH 2011 2006 / / volume volume 24 19 issue issue 1 4 WELCOME TO SEATTLE, MSC Foss and Seattle welcomed a new customer to the port on Jan. 31 as Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) began calling Terminal 18, adding Seattle to its California Express Service. Ships assigned to the service call ports in Italy, Spain and Panama as well as Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. In the photo, the tug Wedell Foss is in the lead (with Mount Rainier just off its bow), and the Henry Foss is handling the stern, assisting the 853-foot containership MSC Vienna from the Elliott Bay anchorage to its berth at the terminal. The Wedell and Henry are twin 94-foot “Tractor-Plus” tugs, each rated at 4,700 horsepower. More than any 12 months in the recent history of our com- a holiday greeting: pany, 2006 was a year in which Foss Maritime moved forward RIVER CLOSURE ENDS; A three-month shutdownstrategically of Columbia-Snake in all areas of ourriver business. system locks for Strategic Moves in 2006maintenance and repairs at eight dams ended in late March, clearing the way FOSS RESUMES TOWS for Foss to resume towing huge and complex oil production modules from We believe that new courses charted in our harbor services, Align Us with This Mission:Vancouver, Wash., to Lewiston, Idaho. FOR OIL DEVELOPMENT marine transportation/logistics and shipyard lines of business, Provide Customers withDrew Services Arenth , manager of project services for Foss in Portland, said the PJ Brix while not without risk, will further the growth and success of PROJECTthat IN ALBERTAare Without Equaland Betsy L, the two tugs assigned to the job, were overhauled, tested and would be ready to go when thethe job company resumes for in decades mid to tolate come. April. Continued inside The two specially-outfitted barges being used on the job also will undergo extensive prep work, including checking and restoring their intricate ballasting Continued on page 4 alwaysalways readysafe LINES Dealing with the Stress Big Project on River Resumes Of Tough Economic Times Foss is set to resume tows of oil production modules up the Columbia and Snake rivers from Vancouver, Wash., to Lewiston, Idaho, Our industry, using equipment with customers, peers and following a three-month shutdown of the with high horsepower that generates subordinates. We need to learn locks at eight dams. President and COO high loads in often challeng- to cope. Gary Faber says the company’s performance ing situations, can also be Becoming brusque or on the job “must be flawless.” Cover high-stress. distracted in response to Foss Recycling Rate: 85 percent Our captains and crews stress is a normal reaction, The company’s Seattle operations send work under pressure to particularly given the difficult about 16 tons of material to recycling maintain safety on their economic situation we’ve operations every month, with by far the bulk vessels while succeeding in been in for the last two years. of that being from the shipyard. Allied Waste their daily tasks and But it is a reaction we must Services, with a plant in south Seattle that providing absolutely the control and manage every processes about 400 tons a day, is able to most value in every job they day. We can’t let our save about 85 percent of the material do. Our customers, our own- emotions rule our behavior from Foss. Page 5 ers and each of our operating and perhaps spoil our relationships. companies expect So when you feel Another Record Year of Safety no less. “Our captains and crews the stress coming Foss operations incurred just five lost-time In these tough on, talk about it with injuries in 2010, establishing a new record economic times, work under pressure to someone in a similar in spite of the fact that the company added the pressure can be situation, take a many employees through acquisitions. even greater, because maintain safety on their deep breath, or do Recordable injuries were down for the fifth every job takes on whatever you normally consecutive year. Page 9 more significance, vessels while succeeding in do to take the edge Bunkering on the Bay and we are expected off. Maintain a “When in doubt, shut it down,” is the to execute a “perfect their daily tasks and positive attitude in mantra of Foss’ Bay area bunkering person- 10” every time one spite of what you are nel, who operate four double-hull tankbarg- of our tugs assists a providing absolutely the facing in the moment. es. Of the company’s 28 tankermen, just ship or hooks up to Our success as a one has less than five years of experience. a barge. most value in every business and as Page 10 There also are individuals depends Sister Company Profile: higher expectations job they do.” on our ability to Alta Air Logistics for employees in our maintain good and The staff at Alta Air Logistics likes to say shipyards as well lasting relationships. they move “everything from dog collars to as for our office employees, many of So don’t let the stress of tough drill collars.” The company is a third-party whom have more responsibilities than economic times damage them. logistics operator, known in industry jargon they once did. as a “3PL.” It owns no moving assets, but My message here is that we can’t let uses the expertise of its staff to arrange that pressure-caused stress build to a transportation for other companies, point where it affects our relationships President and Chief Operating Officer including Foss. Page 16 A New Heart for Nic Horst In what Foss Commercial Director Jeff Horst describes as the end of “an amazing To submit articles for Tow Bitts, please contact Bruce Sherman, editor, [email protected], or Earl Clark, coordinator of journey,” his 17-year-old son Nic underwent production, [email protected]. The Tow Bitts graphic designer is a successful heart transplant operation Barbara Hoberecht. Tow Bitts is published quarterly by Foss Maritime for employees, customers recently at Packard Stanford Children’s and friends. Changes to the Tow Bitts mailing list should be referred to the Marine Personnel Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. Page 19 office in Seattle, (206) 281-3821/3958. 2 • Foss Tow Bitts • ALWAYS READY • March, 2011 LINES Fifty-Seven Foss Vessels Win Environmental Awards Fifty-seven Foss tugs, barges and other vessels received Certificates of Environmental Achievement from the Chamber of Shipping of America in November for operating at least two years without an environmental incident. The vessels were from all Foss operations: the Pacific Division, the Atlantic Division (encompassing the former Constellation Maritime and the regional towing operations of Gulf Caribe Maritime), and America Cargo Transport Corp. (soon to become Foss International.) They were honored at a dinner in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 11. Capt. Jonathan Wood, master of the Atlantic Division tug Volans, accepted the awards on behalf of Foss. Foss Capt. Jonathan Wood, second from left, accepted environmental awards on behalf of the company at The vessels and their years without the dinner in Washington, D.C. Others in the photo are, from left, Chamber of Shipping Board Chairman an environmental incident were, Alta Michael Bohlman (director of marine services for Horizon Line) Rear Adm. Brian Salerno (Coast Guard June, 2, America, 2, American River, 5, deputy commandant for operations) and U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda. Andrew Foss, 12, Arrow No. 2, 16, Arthur Foss, 18, Barbara Foss, 7, Benjamin Foss, Henry Foss, 18, Howard Olsen, 10, Iver 7, Piper Inness, 4, PJ Brix, 18, Point 6, Betsy L, 6, Campbell Foss, 4, Caribe Foss, 12, Jeffrey Foss, 13, Jim Moore, 16, Vicente, 10, San Joaquin River, 9, San Alliance, 5, Caribe Horizon, 12, Chem Justine Foss, 18, Keegan Foss, 6, Keith K, Pedro, 4, Sandra Foss, 13, Stacey Foss, 18, Caribe, 18, and Cygnus, 4. 18, and Kivalina, 7. Strong, 3, Tucana, 8, Volans, 3, Wedell Also, Delta Mariner, 10, Dorothy L. Also, Lauren Foss, 3, Leo, 2, Lindsey Foss, 18, William R, 9, WT 30, 11 and Sylvester, 11, Drew Foss, 18, Edith Foss, Foss, 5, Lynn Marie, 5, Lynx, 3, Mariner, Brynn Foss, 4. 18, FDH 35-3, 2, Foss 248 P-2, 6, Foss 3, Orion, 3, Pacific Escort, 11, Pacific 248 P-3, 18, Foss 300, 18, Garth Foss, 7, Queen, 16, Pacific Star, 2, Pacific Viking, A NEW LOOK IN BOSTON Foss Boston Capts. Chris McKay and Chris Demodena display the new logo that is being applied to the Dolphin- Class tug Leo as part of the rebranding of Constellation Maritime. Subsidiaries Constellation and Gulf Caribe Maritime are being rebranded as Foss Maritime, and global carrier America Cargo Transport Corp. (ACTC) is becoming Foss International. March, 2011 • ALWAYS SAFE • Foss Tow Bitts • 3 FOSS RESUMES TOWS FOR OIL DEVELOPMENT (Continued from the cover) systems, and have been outfitted with “The customer has been exceedingly new lashing materials and other gear. positive about the barging portion, “This is an innovative approach and all parties are working hard to get to module transportation for a key the necessary trucking permits. Once customer,” said Foss President and those are sorted out, the operation will Chief Operating Officer Gary Faber, be seamless. I have no doubt that we emphasizing the importance of the job will continue to make this a safe and to Foss. “There are a number of other successful operation.” oil field projects in the pipeline, so our The modules are being marshaled performance on this job must be in Lewiston for the over-the-road flawless.” portion of the trip.
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