Foss | Diversity Employer
Based in Seattle, Washington, Foss offers a complete range of maritime transportation and logistics services. Whether it’s solving transportation challenges in remote parts of the world or efficiently handling everyday harbor jobs, Foss prides itself on always offering customers safe and innovative solutions.
For more than a century, Foss Maritime has set the standard for marine transportation with leading edge technology, engineering, and shipbuilding. Combining global reach with local expertise, Foss is recognized for its state-of-the-art fleet, experienced and dedicated crews, knowledgeable customer service staff, and world-class engineers.
Along with our independent subsidiaries the company employs thousands of people throughout the United States. With hundreds of tugs and barges we provide harbor services and transportation operations in all major U.S. West Coast ports – including the Columbia and Snake River system. Internationally, Foss supports customers across the Pacific Rim, in Europe, South America and the Arctic.
Every day, our tugboats, barges and people are at work helping our customers succeed in a competitive and challenging market. With a company-wide commitment to safety and the environment, our seasoned crews and staff provide our customers with safe, reliable service to get the job done right.
In addition to transportation and maritime logistics, Foss also provides engineering and shipbuilding services. The company’s mobile response repair service can send a team of maritime engineers to service vessels anywhere in North America within 24 hours. With two full-service shipyards and an expert marine engineering group, Foss helps customers throughout the entire life cycle of a project, which includes analyzing vessel and equipment requirements for a specific job, to designing a new build or vessel modification through to production and proper outfitting of the vessel.
OUR OWNERSHIP
Foss Maritime Company is wholly owned by Saltchuk Resources, a privately owned family investment company formed in 1982 and based in the Pacific Northwest.
Saltchuk has over $2 billion of assets invested in numerous operating companies in several different business groups, including deep water shipping logistics, ship management, tug and barge operations, fuel distribution, and trucking.
Foss regularly partners with its sister companies in the Saltchuk portfolio to offer a diverse range of maritime transportation services.
Our Mission
Foss Maritime’s Mission is to provide marine services without equal. We will deliver unsurpassed customer service by:
- Maintaining a steadfast focus on our customers’ needs and preferences in everything we do
- Continuing to extend and expand our operations globally
- Relentlessly pursuing perfection in our health, safety, quality and compliance initiatives
- Retaining our world class work force by fostering an environment of mutual trust and respect
Our Tagline and Promise
ALWAYS SAFE. ALWAYS READY.
For Foss, this is more than a tagline; it represents the way we conduct business to meet the needs of customers worldwide. We have the ability and the commitment to serve the widest range of customer needs with the best operators, management, and equipment available, on any part of the globe. We are committed to providing safe, reliable, environmentally responsible, and competitively priced services.
Our Core Values
Foss Maritime Company is committed to providing our customers with world-class marine services. To achieve this stance of Operational Excellence, we are dedicated to the Foss core values that emphasize safety and quality:
- SAFETY of people
- Integrity
- Continual Improvement
- Quality Workplace
- Customer Focus
- Stewardship of Resources
- Custodian of the Environment
- Community Minded
Our Company-Wide Operating Code
Our Code of Ethical Business Conduct, shared by all Saltchuk companies, is a guide to help us consistently do the right thing in all our business dealings. Our commitment is to conduct our business in a matter that complies with laws, but more importantly, to strive for the highest ethical standards, even where laws do not exist or may not be enforced or observed. The basic tenants of our code are as follows:
- To conduct business in an ethical and moral fashion;
- To provide the resources for employees to give back to their communities;
- To protect the environment in which we operate; and
- To provide a work environment where all employees would feel safe and proud to have their sons and daughters employed.
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Red Dog Loader Operator - Tacoma, WA
Tacoma, Washington
Red Dog Loader Operator #003-3849 Tacoma, Washington Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-3849 Posting Date 2024-05-15T21:56:00Z Job Description JOB TITLE: Red Dog Alaska Loader Operator LOCATION: Tacoma, WA & Red Dog Alaska FUNCTIONAL G...
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Staff Naval Architect II - Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington
Staff Naval Architect II #003-3998 | Posted 09/06/2024 Seattle, Washington Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-3998 Posting Date 2024-09-06T15:07:48Z Job Description JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY: Responsible for a wide range of naval architectur...
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Seattle, Washington
Cook #003-3349 | Posted 04/21/2023 Seattle, Washington Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-3349 Posting Date 2023-04-21T14:10:08Z Job Description Location: Seattle Marine Department: Ocean Fleet Job Code: 3302 Schedule: 30-60 day hitch ...
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Seattle, Washington
Deckhand #000-4023 | Posted 10/07/2024 Seattle, Washington Apply for this job now! Req. Number 000-4023 Posting Date 2024-10-07T18:16:52Z Job Description Deckhand, Thea Foss Yacht, Seattle Based JOB TITLE: Deckhand, Thea Foss Yacht REPORTS ...
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PNW Harbor Captain - Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington
PNW Harbor Captain #003-3859 Seattle, Washington Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-3859 Posting Date 2024-05-17T20:35:29Z Job Description JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY: The primary responsibility and authority for the execution of all vessel as...
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Engineering Controls Coordinator - Tacoma, WA
Tacoma, Washington
Engineering Controls Coordinator #003-4021 Tacoma, Washington Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-4021 Posting Date 2024-11-05T16:40:33Z Job Description Engineering controller for maintenance, repair and capital projects. Responsible fo...
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Deckhand Engineer - Portland, OR - Portland, OR
Portland, Oregon
Deckhand Engineer - Portland, OR #003-3766 | Posted 03/25/2024 Portland, Oregon Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-3766 Posting Date 2024-03-25T17:26:22Z Job Description Must possess and maintain US Coast Guard Merchant Mariners Docume...
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Foss Captain California - Richmond, CA
Richmond, California
Foss Captain California #003-4035 Richmond, California Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-4035 Posting Date 2024-10-25T15:10:32Z Job Description JOB SCHEDULE/NEEDS: Foss Maritime is seeking an experienced California Deck Officer. This ...
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Engineering Manager - Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington
Engineering Manager #003-4034 Seattle, Washington Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-4034 Posting Date 2024-10-24T15:55:30Z Job Description Responsible for overseeing and managing all engineering-related activities for module sealift o...
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CSR Master Captain - Portland, OR
Portland, Oregon
CSR Master Captain #003-3563 Portland, Oregon Apply for this job now! Req. Number 003-3563 Posting Date 2023-10-11T20:23:31Z Job Description JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY: The primary responsibility and authority for the execution of all vessel assig...
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