About TPWC
Maritime operations leadership rooted in passenger-vessel reality: tight schedules, tight berths, and no-room-for-error tides.
John Scannell – Principal, The Pacific Western Companies
John is a U.S. Coast Guard-licensed Master with extensive experience running large dinner boats, ferries, and charter vessels in demanding metropolitan harbors.
He has served in wheelhouses and operations roles across multiple fleets, with a focus on passenger experience, schedule integrity, and safety culture that endures beyond any single captain.
TPWC was created to give small and mid-sized operators access to that depth of experience on a flexible, fractional basis—so you can get big-ship thinking without adding a full-time executive to payroll.
Core values
- Integrity at every tide. Advice that is candid, conservative where it must be, and always aligned with your obligations as an operator.
- Professional seamanship. Modern operations, rooted in traditional watchstanding discipline and judgment.
- Safety through culture. Systems and habits your crews will actually use, not just binders that appear for inspections.
- Partnership over transaction. Long-term relationships with owners and crews, not one-off paperwork projects.
- Innovation with purpose. Digital tools and workflows that genuinely simplify life aboard and ashore.
Why fractional maritime leadership?
Many fleets sit in an awkward middle ground: big enough that the owner can’t wear every hat, but not quite ready to add a full-time Director of Marine Operations.
TPWC fills that gap with scheduled strategic calls, periodic site visits, and on-call availability for the big questions—backed by practical checklists, training plans, and documentation you can put to work immediately.