Saltchuk is a family of transportation and distribution companies headquartered in
Seattle, WA, US. , ''
Puget Sound Business Journal'' listed it as the largest family owned business in Washington state, with 2016 revenues of $2.65 billion, employment of 919 in Washington and an additional 4,761 employees elsewhere in the world.
Throughout North America, Saltchuk companies provide air cargo, marine services, energy distribution, domestic shipping, international shipping, and logistics.
Lines of business
Saltchuk is organized in six lines of business that are responsible for the operation and growth of a related portfolio of businesses:
* Saltchuk Marine
* Saltchuk Logistics
* Saltchuk Aviation
* NorthStar Energy
* TOTE
* Tropical
Regions served
Saltchuk stated goal is "building the best family of transportation and distribution companies in North America." Saltchuk companies specialize in serving non-contiguous regions of the country by having operational density in key US Markets, in particular
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...
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Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
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Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
markets.
Alaska
Across Alaska, Saltchuk companies provide fuel and cargo transportation. Saltchuk collectively is one of the state's largest private employers with more than 1,000 employees.
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Carlile Transportation
*Cook Inlet Tug & Barge
*Delta Western
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Foss Maritime
*Inlet Energy
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Northern Air Cargo
*Northern Air Maintenance Services (NAMS)
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TOTE Maritime
*Northern Oilfield Solutions
*Alaska Petroleum Distributing
*Naniq Global Logistics
Florida and the Caribbean
Saltchuk's operations in Florida and the Caribbean include service to 28 ports, including service from Jacksonville to Puerto Rico and scheduled and on-demand air cargo service throughout the Caribbean. Saltchuk companies employ more than 1,900 in the region.
* Shoreside Logistics
* StratAir
* TOTE Maritime (formerly Sea Star Lines)
*Tropical Shipping
Hawaii
Saltchuk acquired
Young Brothers in 1999 and The Haynes Companies (Hawaii Petroleum companies) in 2006, expanding into energy distribution on Maui and the Big Island.
In 2008, almost entirely due to the personal efforts of
Senator Daniel Inouye, Saltchuk took over
Aloha Airlines
Aloha Airlines was an American airline headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, operating from a hub at Honolulu International Airport (now Daniel K. Inouye International Airport). Operations began on July 26, 1946, and ceased operations on March 31 ...
's cargo division after the airline went into bankruptcy.
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Aloha Air Cargo
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Hawaii Petroleum
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...
*Ohana Fuels
*Maui Petroleum
*Minit Stop stores
*Young Brothers, Limited
References
External links
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Aloha Air CargoFoss MarineNorthern Air CargoNorthStar EnergyShoreside LogisticsTOTE
Tropical Shipping
1982 establishments in Washington (state)
Family-owned companies of the United States
Logistics companies of the United States
Shipping companies of the United States
Transportation companies based in Washington (state)
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