T. PARKER HOST, INC.
NORFOLK, VA

A Family Company Without question, our people are our greatest asset. Host encourages a workplace culture where employees, clients, and partners feel like they’re part of the Host family. We care for each person’s well-being, we help them progress, and we work diligently to keep everyone safe. At Host, we view our clients as partners. Our data-driven solutions provide them with higher levels of efficiency and a competitive advantage in their markets. If we can’t deliver a REAL solution that fits their needs, we’ll let them know. We are detectives, understanding all activities within our markets. We conduct all business with integrity. At Host, our people are our greatest assets. Our company IS our people, and the service they provide is our only product. Our service is our product, and it’s top-of-the-line. We set the service standard, not our customers. When it’s not exceptional, we’re not satisfied. We always want to exceed customer expectations. We take our dedication to exceptional service a step further and maintain that it’s not only for our clients, but for each other. It’s the service our HR department delivers to our new team members, the service our executives provide our employees, and the service our IT Department offers every office location. The mentality of exceptional service runs throughout the whole organization. Every relationship is important. We maintain relationships with our vendors, our principals, global trade organizations, ports, communities, the Coast Guard, the government, and so on. We know our relationships impact not only our business goals, but our customers’ goals as well. We are committed to knowing our marketplace, because we want to understand and help our customers the best we can. Host tracks each and every ship--where it’s going, what it’s doing, and whether we’re handling it or not. We want to know when the port is being dredged, when the funding will be released to build the bridge, and how many tons per hour go across the conveyor. We have a great handle on everything that affects commerce in our communities. We take good opportunities when we see them, knowing that our hard work today will lead to a legacy of growth. Host provides opportunity to our customers to grow with us, and we love the opportunity to grow with our customers. Internally, we provide a lot of opportunity to our employees, always working to move talent forward. We’re very proud of our legacy, which we’ve been building for over 90 years. It’s a legacy of exceptional service, impeccable safety standards, and the highest integrity. In a business so deeply based on our reputation, protecting our legacy is more important than any financial gain. T. Parker Host, Inc. is a total solutions provider for the maritime industry, specializing in agency, terminal operations, and marine assets. In business for over 90 years and guided by the Core Principles of our founder, we've developed a strong reputation in the maritime community for our expertise, transparency, and high standards of service. T. Parker Host, Inc. was founded in 1923 by its namesake, T. Parker Host, a life-long maritime leader in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Host set the path for the company with his dedication to the maritime community and our Core Principles. His legacy has continued through four generations of the Host family, and while operating with his values in mind, we have flourished. T. Parker was a highly respected figure in maritime circles. He entered the steamship agency business early in life and soon formed T. Parker Host, Inc. in 1923. Two years later, he was named president of Tidewater Stevedoring. He served successively as Vice-Mayor and Mayor of Newport News, VA, and he served overseas as an officer in both World Wars. In fact, his tenure as Mayor was cut short when he volunteered for Army Air Corps duty in World War II. As a man who served his community and his country well, Mr. Host was active in a number of organizations devoted to waterfront and port development. He was one of the commissioners on the Virginia State Port Authority formed after World War II, he served on the Newport News Port Commission, and he was active in the affairs of the Hampton Roads Maritime Association. When Host incorporated our company, he laid out many purposes for the business: ship agency, freight forwarders, brokers, ship suppliers, terminal operators, stevedores, marine asset owners, and terminal owners. But at the time, and for a long time after, the company was known primarily as a ship agency in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. As the company grows and expands, we uphold our reputation for exceptional service with a scalable business model, ensuring every operation performs at the Host level, using the same systematic approach. Hiring the best is how we protect our legacy. With over 250 full-time employees, we’re still very much a family company, and we take great pride in our people and services. Host’s motivated team is highly trained, commercially aware, and professional at every level. Our people are our greatest assets, and we’re dedicated to each employee’s long term success and growth with Host. Vice President of Business Development & Commercial Operations T. Parker Host, Inc. is a total solutions provider for the maritime industry, specializing in agency, terminal operations, and marine assets. In business for over 90 years and guided by the Core Principles of our founder, we've developed a strong reputation in the maritime community for our expertise, transparency, and high standards of service. The first two core principles of our company are “Our people are our greatest assets,” and “Their safety is our top priority.” Like everything we do, our safety standards build on our legacy of integrity. There are no shortcuts to excellence. See the finalists of Host's quarterly photo contest and help us pick the winner!   We're currently experiencing unprecedented growth and offering tremendous opportunities for our employees.