[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading text="ALASKA AND SEATTLE. We're long time partners" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text] Over the last month, a lot of newsprint and web space has been devoted to the matter of Shell Oil's drilling equipment being brought to Seattle for servicing.  It has been of special interest [...]

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading text="SPRING IS HERE. Spring has sprung, the grass is riz..." font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text] The famous poem from Ogden Nash reassures us that the best time of year is at our doorstep. In Hawaii, Lei Day is the statewide spring celebration held on May 1. In Alaska, preparation is [...]

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading text="TAKING THE PULSE OF NACM. New opportunities coming soon" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text] By now, you have probably heard that the Western Region Credit Conference is returning to the Northwest this fall.  Long a fixture of the Las Vegas convention scene, western members have been asking for [...]

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading text="WE'RE ALL ABOUT SERVICE. Even when it comes to the unusual..." font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text]For the last several months, the West Coast Port Slowdown has negatively impacted a significant number of NACM members. In January, I started hearing from a number of you asking for [...]

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading text="It's 2015. And it's time to grow." font_container="tag:h2|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text] After tending to wounds caused by the Great Recession, NACM is making a serious effort to grow again. Just like almost every kind of membership organization in the world, the downturn caused a lot of [...]