Furthers Foremost Group Commitment to Supporting and Advocating for Crews NEW YORK, NY – January 26, 2021 – Foremost Group, an American dry bulk shipping company, today announced that it has joined over 300 industry leaders, including shipowners, charterers, crew advocates and other stakeholders, in signing the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.…
Commitment to Save Our Seas Continues to Grow Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) announced today that Foremost Group, an American dry bulk shipping company, has become its newest corporate member. Foremost Group has joined NAMEPA to support and participate with other marine industry organizations…
Foremost Group’s Dr. James Chao, Shell, International Seaways, Port of Corpus Christie, Holland America, and Others Recognized for Outstanding Achievements The Four Seasons in Houston was the gathering point for an evening dedicated to celebrating the achievements of the maritime industry at the Lloyd’s List Americas Awards. This fifth anniversary of honoring industry best practices…
Founder of Foremost Group and recipient of the Lloyd’s List Americas Lifetime Achievement Award explains his philosophy of education, life-time training and a commitment to always being the best By Lambros Papaeconomou IT WAS Dr James S.C. Chao who built Foremost Group as one of the most respected dry cargo shipping companies in the world,…
Dinner honors Foremost Group’s Dr. James S.C. Chao and Angela Chao, and Turner Construction’s Joseph Byrne ‘89 $800,000 raised for scholarships to support next generation of maritime leaders THROGGS NECK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SUNY Maritime College held its 15th annual Admiral’s Scholarship Dinner, which honors industry executives and raises funds to help the next generation of maritime…
Houston Event Recognizes a Legacy of Shipping and Philanthropy The Lloyd’s List 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Dr. James S.C. Chao, Founder and Honorary Chairman of Foremost Group, noted philanthropist and longtime benefactor to the advancement of education. Dr. Chao will be honored on May 23rd at the Lloyd’s List Americas Awards Dinner being…
Dr. James S.C. Chao was awarded the Admiral’s Distinguished Service Award at Mass Maritime Academy’s Annual Gala Dinner and also introduced Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s 2017 Maritime Person of the Year – Mr. Christopher J. Wiernicki, Chairman, President and CEO of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). https://www.maritime.edu/
James S.C. Chao, a Chinese-American merchant mariner, was honored with Silver Bell Award, the high honor from the Seamen’s Church Institute on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The Seamen’s Church Institute is North America’s largest mariners’ service agency.
June 7, 2016 — Foremost Group Founder and Honorary Chairman, Dr. James S.C. Chao, his late wife, Mrs. Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, and their family were recently featured by Harvard Business School’s Baker Library for their commitment and generosity towards the promotion of education, history and culture at Harvard University and around the world. To…
At the upcoming Asians in America Awards Dinner scheduled for March 17, 2016, the US-China Education Trust will present Dr. James S.C. Chao with a special award in recognition of his leadership in the Asian American community, as well as for his accomplishments in philanthropy and international trade and commerce. Mr. Madhavan Rangaswami, philanthropist and software executive,…