Legendary maritime and community leader Robert P. Magee was honored Sept. 21 with the naming of Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc’s Tacoma terminal in his memory. The Robert P. Magee Terminal dedication ceremony was attended by about 150 industry and community leaders, extended family members, TOTE customers and employees who gathered to pay tribute to a man many described as visionary. He passed away in November 2009.
“I often wonder whether people can be trained as leaders or if they are just born with it, and I think Bob was just born with it,” said Scott Mason, president of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 23. “The ILWU has an appreciation and an admiration for the man Bob Magee.”