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Everyday Hero Profile: James Schneider

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden's Gordy Sant, Fred Fick and Roxie Barnes retire

Left, Gordy Sant, center, Fred Fick and right, Roxie Barnes. 

Gordy Sant, Fred Fick, and Roxie Barnes retired this year after long careers with...

Everyday Hero Profile: Amanda Kornder

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Mechanics give new life to equipment with specialized rebuilds

From left, Sosaia Papaalii, Arron Carter, Klete Freudenstein, Dennis Mayer and Ryan Bourdeau. Not pictured: Ranish Prasad.

Alaska Marine Lines’...

Knik Construction Employee Spotlight: Brian Piper

This month, we’re excited to put the spotlight on Brian Piper, a dedicated member of our Knik Construction family since 1993. Though Brian prefers...

Everyday Hero Profile: Barbara Kluever

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Knik Construction Employee Spotlight: Blake Williams

Meet Knik Construction Employee Blake Williams! Blake’s journey to Alaska began with a one-way ticket. Born in New Jersey in 1969 and raised in...

Serving Alaska since 1954, Lynden celebrates 70 years

Lynden is celebrating its 70-year anniversary of serving Alaska. In December of 1953, Glen Kok made a trial run to Fairbanks to survey the...

Everyday Hero Profile: Brian Ekstrand

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Knik Construction Employee Spotlight: Ronnie Davis

Meet Ronnie Davis, a cornerstone of Knik Construction and a living testament to the values we cherish. Born in International Falls, Minnesota,...

Everyday Hero Profile: Lori House

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Mechanic Apprenticeship Program takes shape

The Alaska West Express team includes approximately 32 mechanics to keep equipment maintained and operating at its multiple locations. But there is...

Knik Construction Employee Spotlight: Jeff Anderson

Jeff and his 12-year-old granddaughter Mila skiing in Deer Valley, Utah.

Jeff’s Words: “I am from Oregon. My Father was a civil engineer and project...

Everyday Hero Profile: Miguel Carcamo

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Gary Newton

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Homegrown employees make Dock to Driver program a success

Gabe Lawler and JoLea Adams are graduates of the Dock to Driver program. The mother-son team now run Over-The-Road between Houston and Edmonton.

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Everyday Hero: Tommy Larue

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Leo Lopez

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Record snowfall no problem for seasoned crew

Alaska Marine Trucking’s Anchorage yard.

Lynden’s Anchorage employees closed out 2023 with challenging weather conditions, but kept the freight...

Everyday Hero Profile: Richard Wilkowski

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

LTI, Inc. Driver Jose Rivera saves the day for a stranded motorist

In another story of Lynden drivers going out of their way to take care of others on the road, Becky Buri contacted Lynden to share a story about LTI,...

Lower 48 drivers help out in Alaska

LTI, Inc. Caldwell, ID Drivers David Clausen (left) and Randy Day traveled to Cordova, AK to help out during Lynden’s busy fish season.

In a show of...

Everyday Hero Profile: Jennifer Auguston

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Happy retirement, Lynden employees!

Arnol “Art” Farmer retires after working for a variety of Lynden companies since 1977. He capped off his retirement in October with 20 years at Red...

Everyday Hero Profile: Jason Phillips

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Kevin Ward

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Mechanic Tucker Johnson recognized as a 40 under 40

Lynden Air Cargo Aircraft Mechanic Tucker Johnson was named to the 40 under 40 list by Aircraft Maintenance Technology magazine. Tucker was featured...

LTI, Inc. and fire department collaborate at safety training

Ethan Tilley (left), Cristian Baltazar and Gerardo Bueno (top) cut a panel from a tanker in preparation for a training exercise. 

LTI, Inc.'s...

Everyday Hero Profile: Corky Barlow

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Gary Egrass

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Alaska West Express earns Grand Award

Alaska West Express Drivers from left, Weston Wells, Bayard Folsom, Rusty Hagan, and Chad Inchausti.

Alaska West Express was recognized by the...

Two national safety awards for Alaska West Express

From left, Drivers Will Barkhuff, Kevin Redfield and Robert Maddigan at the Fairbanks Service Center.

Alaska West Express received two awards from...

Everyday Hero Profile: Anton Kolpakov

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden king of the road at driving championships

From left, Eddie Tuia of Alaska West Express, Tevita Toetu, Jack Sorensen and Mike Gaiser of Lynden Transport, Brian Ambrose of Alaska West Express,...

Alaska West Express drivers to the rescue

Earlier this year, Alaska West Express drivers Perry Zemke and Jason Foit were traveling together on a delivery to the Princess Hotel in Denali when...

Everyday Hero Profile: Laurel Rossi

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Meet Stephanie Sears, Environmental Impact Manager

“We are already doing so many good things at Lynden,” says new Environmental Impact Manager Stephanie Sears. “Dynamic routing that allows customers...

Driver Geno Crosby receives Good Samaritan Award in Oregon

LTI, Inc. Driver Geno Crosby received a Good Samaritan Award from Morrow County, OR for assisting a stranded motorist in freezing temperatures...

Lynden donates shipment for Girls Scout of America in Alaska

Each year, Alaska Marine Lines and Alaska Marine Trucking donate the shipping of Girl Scout cookies from Seattle to Juneau to support the Girls Scout...

Everyday Hero Profile: Alex Blasich

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden Logistics lent helping hands at U.S Veterans Emergency Shelter

Lynden Logistics' Hawaii team lent helping hands at the U.S. Veterans Emergency Shelter at the former military installation at Barber's Point on...

Quick action saves a life

Drivers Geoff Struthers (left) and his guardian angel Boyce Kucherean.

This winter Lynden Drivers Boyce Kucherean and Geoff Struthers departed...

Everyday Hero Profile: Joe Bates

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Customs Brokerage team ready to serve

The Customs team, from left, Matt Bykowski, Hans Jensen, Angela Velasquez and Jaslyne Mitchell.

In response to changes in U.S. Customs regulations...

Congrats to Houston's newest Dock to Driver graduates

Congratulations to the newest Dock to Driver (D2D) graduates at Lynden Transport in Houston. Jasmin Singh (left) and JoLea Adams both passed their...

Everyday Hero Profile: John Husby

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Robert Thomas

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Edward Tuia

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Randy Fox

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Farewell to more than 25 dedicated employees retiring

From left, Mila Mina, Brad McKeown, Gina Gable, Becky MacDonald, Kevin Anderson, Gail Knapp, Billy Smith Jr., Robert Hines, Gordy Lindblad and Peter...

Everyday Hero Profile: Carolyn Smith

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

2022 Lynden Picnic brings families and friends together

Each year in August, Lynden employees and their families gather for the Lynden Picnic in Lynden, WA. According to Picnic Coordinator and LTI, Inc....

Everyday Hero Profile: Andre Bell

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Andy Sayler

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Knik Construction Employee Spotlight: SweetPea

Thirty years ago, in Nome Sweet Nome, SweetPea started hauling Hot Mix Asphalt for one of Knik Construction’s many projects. Today, she can operate...

Captain Pat Madland delivers smiles along with cargo

In what has become a tradition, Lynden Air Cargo Captain Pat Madland flew into Birch Creek, AK and invited some of the local kids to sit in the...

Everyday Hero Profile: Bill Bell

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Eddie Tuia, Tevita Toetu on top at 2022 driving competition

Pictured above: Proudly representing Lynden are, from left, Robert Wood, Brian Ambrose, Justus Uphus, Eddie Tuia, Mike Gaiser, Tevita Toetu, Ryan...

Knik Construction Employee Spotlight: Jess Dixon

Throwing nets, tossing lines, and picking fish in the Bering Sea was the life of Jess Dixon before he walked the gangway aboard the Knik Construction...

Everyday Hero Profile: Ken Welch

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Red Cross Real Hero Awards presented to Bering Marine crew and Erik Scott

Erik Scott of Alaska Marine Trucking and the crew of the Bering Marine vessel Greta, pictured above, received special recognition from the American...

Alaska West Express receives safe truck fleet award

ConocoPhillips and the Alaska Trucking Association presented Alaska West Express with the 2021 Alaska Safe Truck Fleet of the Year Award in the...

Knik Construction Employee Spotlight: Bob McDonald

For over 13 years, Bob has been a noteworthy leader at Knik Construction. As a seasoned and well-respected Superintendent, “Super Bob” known to many,...

Knik Construction receives national safety award

Knik Construction was recently awarded the Associated General Contractors' 2021 Certificate of Commendation for its excellent safety record and zero...

Lynden Training Center provides life-saving skills

A broken leg at the top of a mountain. A heart attack on a whitewater rafting trip. These real-life emergencies can and do happen and Tyler Bones and...

Women in Construction Week at Lynden companies

Aloha Marine Lines and Lynden Logistics participated in Women in Construction (WIC) Week 2022 in March as part of Women's History Month and...

Everyday Hero Profile: David Greco

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Gayle Adams

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Don Werhonig

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

AML Maintenance and Repair team achieves new heights in safety

Proving that safety is job one at Alaska Marine Lines, the Maintenance and Repair (M&R) team came up with a 'better mousetrap,' according to Steve...

Employees embody Lynden's customer service philosophy

The Lynden brand of customer service follows a decades-old formula: put the customer first and deliver quality. Lynden customers often write in to...

Everyday Hero Profile: Saul Najo

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden celebrates female leadership and contributions

International Women's Day is March 8, and during the month of March women are being recognized for their social, economic, cultural and political...

Everyday Hero Profile: Billy West

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden supports 50th anniversary Iditarod race

The Iditarod sled dog race celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and Lynden will be out in front as a major sponsor of the 2022 race. The...

Everyday Hero Profile: Ned Arthur

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Rudy Dacumos

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Employees retire with 200 years of combined service

Scott PolinderScott is one of Lynden's longest-tenured drivers. He started driving for Milky Way in 1974. "Scott continuously showed his reliability...

Everyday Hero Profile: Brian Zweegman

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

A wish comes true in Wrangell

Arrowhead Transfer Port Manager Scott Curley heard about a surprise shipment of Cars-themed bedroom furniture arriving in Wrangell on the barge. He...

Everyday Hero Profile: Jerry Crisp

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden first trucking company in AK to earn SHARP awards

Lynden Transport employees earned the prestigious title of being the first trucking company in Alaska to earn a SHARP award (Safety and Health...

Lynden mariners keep waters and people safe

Lynden's captains, engineers, mates and deck hands do more than just deliver freight via barge, landing craft and tugboat. These mariners are the...

Everyday Hero Profile: Gordy Lindblad

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Bob Barndt

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Mike Manley

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Rae Rhodes

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden receives veteran employer awards

The Alaska Department of the American Legion awarded Lynden Air Cargo and Bering Marine with National Employer of Veterans Awards in April. The...

Employees compete in sled dog races

Congratulations to Lynden-sponsored racers and Knik Construction employees Richie Diehl (above right) and Pete Kaiser (left), taking first and second...

Everyday Hero Profile: Alfred Blum

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Bayard Folsom

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden companies team up

The combined talents of employees at Alaska Marine Lines, Alaska Marine Trucking and Alaska West Express were behind the successful move of four...

Lynden's Ken Hall named Volunteer of the Year

Lynden Transport's Fairbanks Account Manager Ken Hall received the George Nehrbas Volunteer of the Year Award for 2020 from the Fairbanks Chamber of...

Everyday Hero Profile: Taco Esquibel

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Just another day in the Bethel neighborhood

Lynden Air Cargo Captain Daryl Smith took this photo of Peter Kaiser as he was training his sled dog team. Daryl lives in Bethel, AK and saw Pete...

Everyday Hero Profile: Brian Crawford

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Goodbye and good luck to twelve Lynden retirees

Twelve veteran Lynden employees wrapped up their careers at the end of 2020. We wish them well in retirement. Mark Sheehan, Alaska Marine Lines and...

Everyday Hero Profile: Lu Jackson

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden Vice President Dennis Mitchell joins Airforwarders Association Board

Lynden Logistics Senior Vice President Dennis Mitchell was elected to the board of the Airforwarders Association (AfA) on Nov. 16.The AfA serves as...

Knik Health and Safety Manager Dora Mae Hughes receives Alaska Excellence in Safety Award

Knik Construction Health and Safety Manager Dora Mae Hughes (above) was selected as a winner of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Alaska...

Everyday Hero Profile: Jeff McKenney

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero Profile: Kendra McPhail

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden delivers PPE to frontline medical workers in Alaska

Earlier this year Northern Star Resources Limited, owner of the Pogo Gold Mine, donated $1.5 million worth of medical personal protective equipment...

Everyday Hero Profile: Aaron Delahoussaye

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden Logistics' overnight turnaround for charter of PPE

This hearty band of Lynden Logistics employees was ready and waiting for a FedEx charter flight of personal protective equipment (PPE) arriving from...

Everyday Hero Profile: Becky MacDonald

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden employee ensures lifesaving drug reaches patient

"We are sometimes called upon to do the exceptional, to directly help a patient in need," says Brian MacAskill, Vice President and General Manager at

Everyday Hero Profile: Fred Austin

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

North to Alaska, South by Barge: Voyage of a Reefer Tech

Every fishing season, Alaska Marine Lines refrigeration mechanics (reefer techs) leave Seattle and make the journey north to keep Lynden's...

Everyday Hero Profile:  Kenneth 'Took' Laraux

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Alaska Marine Lines employees participate in Stay 6', Stay Safe campaign

Alaska Marine Lines launched a Stay 6', Stay Safe campaign and contest to encourage social distancing among onsite employees in Seattle, Alaska and...

Everyday Hero profile: Karter Koelsch

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden employees keep the freight moving

Lynden employees are stepping forward to meet the needs of customers, keeping the freight moving as Lynden companies have always done during...

Everyday Hero profile: Matthew Malmkar

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden companies provide community support

Lynden companies showed their support to local organizations this winter in Alaska and California. Alaska Marine Lines Account Managers, Mike Morris...

Transportation Club names Lynden Company of the Year

Lynden was named 2019 Company of the Year by the nonprofit Transportation Club of Seattle (TCS). The TCS Company of the Year award honors a company...

Everyday Hero profile: Cathy Doyle

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Congrats to Lynden's Pete Kaiser on fifth Kuskokwim 300 win

Pete Kaiser won the 41st running of the Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race in January. For the fifth time in six years, the Bethel local was crowned...

Lynden employee proves that 'any friend of yours is a friend of mine'

Many Lynden employees think of their coworkers as their work family which was illustrated by New York Senior Account Executive Giovanna Aquilino....

Everyday Hero profile: Brett Roberts

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden's Knik Construction employees first responders on the scene

Soldotna Knik employees Pete Hoogenboom and Aaron Verba were on their way to a paving job in Whittier recently when they came across a head-on...

Honoring Lynden retirees

We would like to recognize the following Lynden employees who retired this past year. We are grateful for their service and contributions to Lynden,...

Everyday Hero profile: Ray Henrichs

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Quick action keeps customer’s shipment safe

Lynden employees are known for getting freight delivered even when natural disasters present a challenge. When Hurricane Dorian was bearing down on...

Everyday Hero profile:  Kevin Gillies

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero profile: David Burgess

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Everyday Hero profile: Joy Mendes

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

Lynden celebrates National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

Drivers in all Lynden companies were celebrated during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week this past September. Pictured to the right,...

Lynden employee climbs to new heights on Washington peaks

Patrick Sloan, Software Developer II for Lynden Incorporated, has climbed Mount Baker, Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier all in one year with his...

Horsin' around

In August, LTI, Inc. continued its sponsorship of the Mt. View Belgians draft horses and shows at the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden, WA. The...

Everyday Hero profile: Ethan Bradford

Lynden is recognizing employees who make a difference every day on the job and demonstrate our core values, Lynden's very own everyday heroes!...

2019 Lynden Company Picnic attracts big crowd

"It was nice to see a lot of new faces and old ones return to the picnic," says Sandy Hartman, LTI, Inc. Operations Specialist in Lynden, WA. "We...

Lynden's Hovercraft teams provide essential services in Alaska

Imagine working 46 days each year in zero visibility. Now imagine being responsible for safely transporting people and freight in these conditions....

Drivers compete in 20th ATA championships

Alaska West Express Driver Brian Ambrose took first place in the Tanker Class at the Alaska Trucking Association's 20th Truck Driving Championships...

"Pam's Law" changes Washington payroll practices

"Pam's Law" was signed by Washington Governor Jay Inslee this spring, easing the burden on grieving families and payroll departments across the...

Old friends reunite in Valdez

A Lynden customer appreciation event in Valdez brought old friends together. Lynden Chairman Jim Jansen (far right) is pictured with Marie Blood,...

Water main break left homes without drinking water

When a water main broke in the small community of Kake, AK, the mayor and two city employees put out over 2,000 feet of fire hose to bypass the...

Juneau driver’s fast actions prevent damages and injury

The quick response of new Alaska Marine Trucking Driver Andrew Lawson saved company equipment and prevented the loss of three new cars belonging to a...

Life-saving customer service

Over the 17 years that Lynden LogisticsSenior Account Executive Randy Main has been working with customers, he has handled many emergency shipments....

Lynden Chairman Jim Jansen receives Lifetime Achievement Award

The Alaska Aviation Museum presented Lynden Chairman Jim Jansen with a Lifetime Achievement Award recently and inducted him into its Hall of Fame....

Lynden's Joan Nacino represents women in construction industry

Aloha Marine Lines Account Executive Joan Nacino made the cover of Building Industry Hawaii magazine’s March issue. Joan serves as Vice President of...

Lynden celebrates Everyday Heroes

Each year, LTI, Inc. honors its Everyday Heroes with dinner events at various locations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Retirees are also included...

Lynden employee Pete Kaiser wins the 2019 Iditarod

Lynden is proud to congratulate Pete Kaiser for finishing first in the 2019 Iditarod race. Pete is an employee of Knik Construction, part of the...

Lynden Picnic 2018

Looking back to when sunny skies drew approximately 1,000 employees and friends to the annual Lynden Picnic this past summer. Barbecued salmon was on...

2018 Lynden Scholarships awarded

Twelve deserving students will receive financial assistance through the Lynden Memorial Scholarship Program for 2018. The independent scholarship...

Doug Longerbone places in national driving competition

Anchorage Lynden Transport Driver Doug Longerbone’s first-place finish at the Alaska Truck driving competition earned him a spot at the national...

Jim Jansen receives Walter J. Hickel Award for public policy leadership

In May, Lynden Chairman Jim Jansen was honored with the Walter J. Hickel Award from Commonwealth North, Alaska's non-partisan public policy forum,...

Lynden Logistics employees assemble 20,000 meals for charity

Lynden Logistics employees demonstrated their teamwork at a charity event for the nonprofit Feeding Children Everywhere organization. At the Seattle...

Juneau deliveries support salmon hatchery and Alaska fishing community

Tom Greinier has been hauling fish for Juneau's salmon hatchery, Douglas Island Pink And Chum (DIPAC), for over 20 years. In fact, DIPAC has followed...

Lynden International Logistics delivers crucial emergency service

One of the many services Lynden International Logistics Co. provides to the pharmaceutical industry in Canada is shipping life-saving drugs to...

Pete Kaiser finishes fifth in Iditarod

In the photo right, Alaska West Express Driver (and 2017 Overall ATA Winner of the Truck Driving Rodeo) Brian Ambrose and his wife Jennifer wished...

Lynden representatives speak at UW seminar

Lynden Transport Account Manager Dennis Flajole (right) and Brown Line Sales Manager Steve McQueary spoke to students at the University of Washington...

Pete Kaiser makes history with Kuskokwim 300 win

Knik Construction's Pete Kaiser won his fourth consecutive Kuskokwim 300 title Jan. 21 in Bethel, AK. Joar Leifseth Ulsom arrived in second place...

Alaska Marine Lines named Philanthropic Business of the Year

Alaska Marine Lines was honored as a 2017 Philanthropic Business of the Year by the Juneau Community Foundation this fall. Alaska Marine Lines has...

LTI, Inc. proudly represented at Oregon Veterans Parade

LTI, Inc. Director of HSSE & Compliance Anthony Knapp was in Albany, OR at the annual Veterans Day parade Nov. 11 and rode with Driver Trainer/Backup...

Lynden drivers compete in National Truck Driving Championships

Three Lynden drivers qualified for and participated in the National Truck Driving Championships Aug. 9-12 in Orlando, FL. More than 400 drivers...

Lynden drivers clean up at Alaska, Washington competitions

Congratulations are in order for many Lynden drivers who competed in truck driving competitions in Alaska and Washington this spring. At the Alaska...

Knik sponsors UAF civil engineering students in bridge competition

Elliott Anderson, Project Engineer for Knik at the Red Dog Mine Airport, is a recent graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). He and...

John Schank earns second ATA Driver of the Year award, sets record for 40 years of safe driving

When John Schank started driving for Lynden Transport in 1975, he probably never imagined he would be named the Alaska Truck Driver of the Year, not...

Bob Griggs retires with longest tenure

Bob Griggs likes to tell a good joke. His favorite is that he left Lynden last month due to the stress of worrying about being laid off. "I started...

Susan Selzer competes for the love of the sport

Lynden Air Cargo's Susan Selzer joins Pete Kaiser and other employees who compete in sled dog races outside of work. Susan is a Senior Accounting...

Three-Pete Kaiser wins Kusko 300

Lynden’s Peter Kaiser made it a "3-Pete" win in the 2017 Kusko 300 in February and placed in the top 10 in this year’s Iditarod in March. Pete, who...

Lynden Logistics appoints Jeff Bell Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Lynden Logistics, a full-service freight forwarding and logistics company, announces the promotion of Jeff Bell from Western Region Manager to Vice...

Lynden looking for next generation of drivers

The Lynden companies are looking for a few good men and women to follow in the footsteps of the Lynden Legends, the courageous group of drivers who...

Lynden Logistics appoints John Kaloper President

Lynden Logistics, a full-service freight forwarding and logistics company, announces the appointment of John Kaloper as President. Kaloper succeeds...

U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Makes Special Appearance in Seattle on Nov. 7

U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Makes Special Appearance in Seattle on Nov. 7“People’s Tree” Visits Lake Union Park on Historic Journey from Alaska to...

Lynden Transport Driver John Schank to Drive the 2015 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree from Alaska to Washington, D.C.

For more than 50 years, a tree has graced the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for the holiday season. The Chugach National Forest in partnership with...

Alaska West Training Center renamed Lynden Training Center

Alaska West Training Center renamed Lynden Training Center; now accredited for national and international hazardous materials response training

The...

AMEC presents Lynden Canada Co. with safety award

“This is a great accomplishment,” says Project Manager Walter Rakiewich, of the performance of Lynden Canada Co. employees. Lynden was selected from...

John Schank honored as Alaska's Driver of the Year

Congratulations to John Schank, the Alaska Trucking Association’s Driver of the Year!

For almost 40 years – driving nearly 5 million miles – John...

Lynden legend Lee Burgess comes out of retirement

Lynden Legend Lee Burgess came out of retirement to help at NANA/Lynden Logistics Services at Red Dog Mine for a few weeks. Lee began his career...

Brown Line takes two national awards in ATA safety contest

Brown Line Safety Director Bill Smith proudly displays the company's two award plaques for workplace safety issued by the American Trucking...

Lynden employees raise money for American Cancer Society

Three dogs and 26 Lynden employees participated in the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in October in Anchorage....

Lynden fifth largest business in Alaska

For 27 years, Alaska Business Monthly (ABM) magazine has created a list of Alaska's Top 49ers; the top revenue-generating Alaskan-owned and...

Lynden Logistics names Butler and McCarthy new regional managers

Lynden Logistics welcomes Frank Butler as Southeast Regional Manager and Charles McCarthy as Northeast Regional Manager. Butler will oversee...

Lynden Air Cargo names Richard Zerkel president

Lynden Air Cargo has promoted Richard Zerkel to president. Zerkel succeeds retiring president Judy McKenzie. Zerkel began his career with Lynden Air...

Lynden continues to help employees work safer and smarter

Lynden companies are customer-focused, but helping employees work smarter and safer is an ongoing goal as well. Last month LTI, Inc. Eastern Region...

Lynden employee's sculpture featured on NBC show

Lynden Vice President of Marketing & Media David Rosenzweig’s sculpture "Gemini" made an appearance in an episode of NBC’s Grimm TV series. The...

Lynden Air Cargo receives Patriotic Employer Award

Lynden Air Cargo Senior Aircraft Mechanic James Martiny (left in photo) nominated Chris Diltz and Lynden Air Cargo for an award for supporting...

Lynden drivers compete in annual ATA Truck Driving Championships

Lynden drivers were behind the wheel at the Alaska Trucking Association’s (ATA) 14th Annual Truck Driving Championships May 11 in Anchorage....

Lynden companies awarded for workplace safety

Lynden Air Cargo, Brown Line and Lynden International were each recognized for workplace safety earlier this year.

Lynden Logistics celebrated no...

Energy efficiency continues across Lynden companies

Lynden companies continue to be committed to working lean and green every day of the year. Since 2008, improvements such as lighting upgrades,...

Lynden Transport employee, "Fish Man", becomes junior hockey league celebrity

There’s nothing fishy about Lynden Transport Account Manager Art Karvonen as he goes about his business each day at Lynden’s Kenai office. But off...

Lynden is proud to sponsor mushers in the 2013 Iditarod!

The 2013 Iditarod - the “Last Great Race on Earth” - officially starts today, March 2nd. Lynden is proud to be a sponsor of two of this year's...

Looking for Goldilocks? Juneau employees get an unexpected visitor

Alaska Marine Lines Customer Service Representative Kelly MacDonald recently sent this picture of a black bear atop the dumpster in the Juneau yard....

Alaska Marine Lines warehouseman dances with native group

When he’s not working on the docks at Alaska Marine Lines in Seattle, Darius Sanidad is singing and dancing in The Git-Hoan Dancers, led by...

From Alaska to Texas: Kyle Fisher named Lynden Logistics District Manager in Dallas

Lynden Logistics announced the promotion of Kyle Fisher to District Manager at the Dallas Service Center. Fisher will develop domestic and...

2012 Olympics: Former Lynden employee's daughter swims for gold today at 12:43 pm (Pacific)

Lynden Transport's former employee, Jaapje Kukors, has a daughter who is competing in the 2012 Summer Olympic games in London. Ariana Kukors, born...

Lynden drivers sweep awards at Alaska truck rodeo

Lynden Transport and Alaska West Express drivers took the top three spots in the Alaska Trucking Association’s 13th Annual Truck Driving...

Lynden supports the ‘troops’ in Seattle and Alaska

It’s become an annual tradition at Alaska Marine Lines’ warehouses in Seattle and Southeast Alaska: Thousands of cases of Girl Scout cookies arrive...

Lynden employees play Easter Bunny!

Lynden Logistics and Lynden Transport employees in Houston had a chance to play Easter Bunny this spring after Business Support Analyst Joyce Teehan...

Lynden helps set world record for biggest hayride

On Aug. 20, 2011,  639 people set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest hayride at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden, WA. A...

The 2012 Jr. Iditarod is coming soon!

Lynden is a proud sponsor of the 2012 Jr. Iditarod race in Alaska, this year beginning February 25th in Wasilla on Knik Lake. The 12 young mushers...

Milky Way takes second place in Sunnyside Lighted Parade

Going on its 23rd year, Sunnyside's Annual Lighted Farm Implement Parade is one of the top 10 lighted Christmas parades in the U.S. LTI, Inc.’s...

Lynden donates to Veterans’ Memorial Restoration

To honor Lynden’s many employee veterans, Lynden Logistics Services Vice President Jeanine St. John and Brian Potvin, Central Alaska Manager for ...

Lynden's Old #27 is touring Alaska and the Northwest!

Old #27 - one of the two Kenworth tractors and original vans Lynden Transfer used in 1954 to start the first scheduled highway service from the...

Lynden employee invited aboard Aircraft Carrier

“It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I will always remember,” says Gaylon Nunn of Lynden’s Help Desk in Seattle. Gaylon was one of 14...

25 years in Hawaii celebrated in Honolulu!

The aloha spirit is alive and well in Honolulu, where Lynden Logistics celebrated its 25th year in Hawaii with an anniversary event last month. More...

Rolling Stone contest features Lynden employee

Go Periscope - the band of Florin Mehedini, a help desk tech at Lynden Inc. - is in a contest to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone and...

"Transport Chili" takes second place at cook-off

Congratulations to Lynden Transport Account Manager Matt Malone and wife Kristen for their second place win in the Associated General Contractors ...

Photo series #2: Amazing photos taken by Lynden employees

Over the next few weeks we will be posting a series of photos taken (mostly) in Alaska by Lynden employees. Our company has some excellent...

25 Years of Aloha - Lynden celebrates anniversary of Hawaii service

Looking to expand its services, Lynden Air Freight opened an office in Honolulu soon after the New Year in 1987. Lynden’s first employee on the...

Photo series: Amazing photos taken by Lynden employees

Over the next few weeks we will be posting a series of photos taken (mostly) in Alaska by Lynden employees. Our company has some excellent...

Photos from the annual company picnic

“Although it rained the whole day, the cedar trees in the picnic area provided some cover for most of the attendees. We had around 900 people which...

Lynden teams wrestle pigs at Jerome County Fair in Idaho

LTI, Inc. drivers in Jerome, Idaho held their own with some wily pigs at the Jerome County Fair. The Moo Crew of Josh Gailey, George Dennis, Jason...

Seattle employees pitch in for Habitat for Humanity

A group of Lynden, Inc. employees moved dirt and painted in June to help build a fourplex apartment building at Rainier Vista in Renton, WA. More...

Lynden drivers head to Ohio for National Championships

Lynden drivers ruled the road at the May 21 Alaska Truck Driving Championships in Anchorage. Competitors were required to complete a written exam, a...

Shipping by day, Singing by night.

Billed as the newest voice in Texas music, Lynden Logistics Import Agent Carl Fendley spends his days coordinating imports at the Houston station...

Employee ideas help Lynden go greener

When it comes to reducing waste and cost, Lynden employees know where to look and what to do. Lynden's Green Initiative Team went straight to the...

2010 Iditarod: Follow Lynden sponsored mushers throughout the race!

The 2010 Iditarod is underway!

"You can't compare it to any other competitive event in the world! A race over 1150 miles of the roughest, most...

2010 Jr. Iditarod Results + Pictures

Another great race!

The exciting 2010 Jr. Iditarod took place over the last weekend in February, starting and finishing in Willow, Alaska. Lynden, a...

Mush! Lynden is a proud sponsor of 2010 Jr. Iditarod

Lynden is a proud sponsor of the Jr. Idiatrod Race in Alaska, this year beginning Feb. 27 in Wasilla. The young mushers travel from the starting...

NFL great Larry Csonka hunts in Alaska with Lynden's Sam Amato

Lynden Transport's Sam Amato guided NFL Hall of Famer Larry Csonka on a nine-day moose hunting trip this fall. The trip was taped for a future...

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