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SAFETY, SECURITY, AND company and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities is BELOW, left to right: The COUNTERCLOCKWISE, are left to the captain’s discretion as to whether they need to help to keep things sailing smoothly. In the office, currently
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER integral to the new role. skilled engineers and mechanics from top left: After 32 years be fixed immediately or can be left until the end of the day. on Pier 45 in shed C, the managers, sales team, accountants,
in the USCG Commander Dan
who work behind the scenes play an
One of the newest positions at the Red and White Fleet is indispensable role in keeping every Johnson joined the RWF in 2016 as “You can’t do much on the water; it’s best to bring the ships human resources, and board of directors work behind
the safety, security, and environmental officer. Reflective ENGINEERS boat in the Red and White Fleet Director of Operations. • Director to the dock.” the scenes. With a business whose clientele live all over
of the company’s proactive efforts to always improve their At any given time, there are typically five full-time engineers seaworthy and safe. • A group of of Sales and Marketing Louise Kanarr began working for the Red and White Fleet in the world, the office personnel stay busy, and are often in
practices and become a leading green business, the new role working in-house for the Red and White Fleet. “Engineers work engineers pose with the dry-docked Winsnes (center) representing the 1965 and stayed with the company for twenty-five years. contact with business partners in a variety of time zones
was created to specialize in keeping the Red and White Fleet around the clock,” says retired Port Engineer George Kanarr. Royal Prince: (left to right) Paul Red and White Fleet at a tourism Although his tenure didn’t extend into the post-1997 Red and locations.
up to the highest standards in safety and environmental “We are always on call; engineers can be called at home at any Smith, Brian Priddin, Schuyler sales conference. • The current Red and White Fleet, he remembers a seventeen-year-old Tom All the way back to the days of Tom Crowley, the office
Brown, Tony Godkin, Chad Rosenau,
and White Fleet Board of Directors.
awareness. And the position has already paid dividends for hour. It’s 2 a.m. and the windshield wiper’s not working? Off Mike Lionel. Escher working for him in the engineering shop during staff has been crucial to the company’s success. In 1907,
the company. Safety, Security, and Environmental Officer you go to Berkeley to get one in the middle of the night.” his early days with the company. “He’s a real gentleman,” an employee known as Miss Carey started working as a
Chris Summers recently helped lead the Red and White Fleet Engineers at the Fleet attend not only to repairs that says Kanarr. bookkeeper for Crowley, likely making her one of the first
to their certification as a San Francisco Green Business, a need to be made each day, but also look ahead and plan for The Fleet has made a recent habit of hiring former United women to work for the company. She was known to have a
process which involved implementing a lengthy checklist boat expansions and upgrades during dry-dock, at which States Coast Guard who have a track record of emulating the keen eye for numbers, and “caught a lot of crooks,” as Figari
of sustainable practices. And security systems and safety time improvements such as engine upgrades can be made. USCG core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty. recalled. Nowadays, there are fewer crooks to catch, but an
measures have never been stronger at the company. In addition “Engineers write up the specifications and oversee the whole entire globe of opportunities to keep up with, and the office
to overseeing its specialized areas, the safety, security, and job,” Kanarr explains. On a daily basis, needed repairs must OFFICE TEAM staff play a crucial role in helping the Fleet remain an iconic
environmental officer also covers as the operations manager be made in time for the next day’s cruises to begin. “Every Although many customers never see them in person, the part of the waterfront.
two days out of every week, meaning experience with the day you get a write-up of problems,” he adds. Often, things employees who work in the Red and White Fleet’s offices

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