Regional solutions,
global reach
The Washington Companies are a diverse group of privately held businesses headquartered in the US and Canada and conducting business internationally
Blue Water Rail Services
Blue Water Rail Services is a leading full-service transportation services provider in Western Canada, dedicated to delivering customized supply-chain solutions.
With a wealth of operational expertise, BWRS provides services to customer locations in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia at local marine port terminals, with a focus on expanding services of first and last mile delivery throughout western Canada. BWRS offers a range of railway operational experience including terminal rail operations, logistics, switching services, engineering and mechanical services, railcar repair, and track and maintenance of way services.
Envirocon
Envirocon, Inc. partners with clients to mitigate risks and deliver results by developing innovative and sustainable solutions that add value to complex projects.
Envirocon’s core services include environmental remediation, ecological restoration, and decommissioning and demolition for government and commercial clients across the United States. Envirocon has the technical expertise and project experience to deliver a wide array of Environmental projects while meeting safety, quality, regulatory, cost, and schedule requirements. Envirocon collaborates with clients to self-perform high-profile, complex projects in urban and remote settings.
Modern Machinery
Modern Machinery Co., Inc. sells and rents heavy equipment, and supplies parts and service to support the construction, mining, aggregate, and logging industries.
Modern Machinery’s territory spans the northwest United States, with branches in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Subsidiary company Spokane Machinery extends Modern’s equipment representation with complete design, engineering, and fabrication capabilities. Modern is one of the largest Komatsu dealers in the United States. Modern also represents a number of complementary product lines, including Astec Industiries, Carlson, Dynapac, Epiroc, Esco, Pioneer, Sennebogen, Spomac Fabrications, Stanley LaBounty and TimberPro.
Montana Resources
Montana Resources LLC operates an open pit copper and molybdenum mine in Butte, Montana, near the Continental Divide.
Montana Resources has produced over 2.5 billion pounds of copper and more than 300 million pounds of molybdenum since operations began in 1985. Current ore reserves are sufficient to provide mining beyond 2054. Ore is processed in a crusher/concentrator facility to yield high-grade concentrates that are shipped to smelters in the United States and overseas. Montana Resources employs more than 400 people. Continuing a century-old tradition of mining in Butte, the company is a deeply involved citizen of its community.
Seaspan Marine
Seaspan Marine provides marine transportation and ship docking services along the coast and in the harbors of the Pacific Northwest.
With over 130 years of experience navigating in some of the world’s most complex and difficult waters, Seaspan Marine is the largest and most diverse tug & barge company on Canada’s West Coast. Seaspan Marine’s diverse fleet of barges transports a wide range of cargo, including forest products, oil, chemicals, bulk commodities and rail cars. Our tugboats offer ship assist and escort services in Vancouver Harbour, Victoria Harbour, Roberts Bank and many BC outports. In addition, our extensive tug, barge and shore engineering services support large, complex marine projects (dredging, oil and gas, mining, construction), as well as project towing, salvage and rescue work.
Seaspan Shipyards
Seaspan Shipyards consists of three shipyards that has a solid reputation for the design, construction, maintenance, and repair of all types of vessels.
Located on the Pacific Northwest Coast, Seaspan Shipyards operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards. As a result of its diversity and capacity, Seaspan Shipyards is unique in its ability to provide a complete range of shipyard services including new construction, conversion, refit, repair, life-cycle maintenance and refurbishment work for naval, research and commercial vessels including cruise-ships, deep-sea vessels and submarines.
Southern Railway of B.C.
Southern Railway of British Columbia Limited (SRY) is a major transporter of freight in British Columbia.
SRY is based in New Westminster, B.C., and serves the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, providing seamless service and connections to markets throughout North America. SRY owns over 125 miles of track, of which 62 miles are mainline, and interchanges with four North American Class I railroads: SRY’s Annacis Rail Marine Terminal is a vital link for rail freight between the mainland and Vancouver Island.
Atlas Corporation
Atlas Corp. is a leading global asset management company with significant Washington ownership.
Atlas Corp. is a leading global asset management company, differentiated by its position as a best-in-class owner and operator with a focus on deploying capital to create sustainable shareholder value. Atlas brings together an experienced asset management team with deep operational and capital allocation experience. We target long-term, risk adjusted returns across high quality infrastructure assets in the maritime sector, energy sector and other infrastructure verticals. Our two main portfolio companies, Seaspan Corporation and APR Energy Limited are unique, industry-leading operating platforms in the global maritime and energy spaces, respectively.
Aviation Partners
Aviation Partners, Inc. develops and markets the Blended Winglet Performance Enhancement System for business jet aircraft.
A Washington interest located in Seattle, Washington, Aviation Partners was founded by Joe Clark and Dennis Washington in 1991. The company’s patented technology creates aerodynamically superior winglets with a distinctive configuration that reduces drag thereby improving range, performance and fuel economy. Retrofitting older aircraft with Blended Winglets provides an upgrade in performance, appearance and value.
Montana Rail Link
On January 1, 2024, pursuant to authority granted by the Surface Transportation Board, Montana Rail Link (“MRL”) discontinued all active rail operations. BNSF Railway Company (“BNSF”) assumed operations across the former MRL lines on the newly-designated MRL Subdivision of the Montana Division of BNSF.
For more information, visit Montana Rail Link.