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INTERVIEW

Maritime Logistics Professional Profile

Lisa M. Swanson

Director, Environmental Affairs

Matson Navigation Company

Matson Navigation Company, Lisa Swanson is also a registered professional chemical engineer. She’s also, responsible for developing and promoting envi- apparently, on the waterfront to stay.

At ronmental initiatives in support of Matson’s ISO Lisa Swanson’s place in the supply chain is an important 14001 and ABS SQE environmental management system cer- one – especially for Matson. That’s because Matson’s en- ti? cations. Now, that’s a mouthful, but at the same time, it is vironmental policy necessarily meshes with the reality of only one of her many duties. When she’s not monitoring Mat- day-to-day logistics. At a time when simply professing to be son’s many regulatory activities, she’s probably participating ‘green’ isn’t good enough, it is also important to view the en- on a number of technical advisory groups including those con- vironmental impact of any intermodal activity as a necessary vened by California State Land Commission for ballast water part of doing business. It can also be a policy that turns one and biofouling. On board with Matson for 11 years, and with kind of green into another. And, while that’s not necessarily previous experience as an environmental consultant and E&S what Matson’s Environmental Affairs Director is focused on,

Manager for a variety of shore-based industries, Swanson is it most certainly has been a welcome byproduct.

Swanson and members of the

Clean Cargo Working Group at

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