TOTE Maritime

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TOTE Maritime
Formerly called
Interocean Management Corporation[1]
Industry Shipping
Founded 1975 (1975) as TOTEm Ocean Trailer Express[1]
Headquarters 14 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Area served
North America
Key people
Anthony Chiarello, CEO
Michael B. Holt, General Council, Chief Ethics Officer[2]
Brands TOTE Marine, TOTE Services, TOTE Shipholdings
Services shipping, crew staffing, cargo ship charters
Parent TOTE Inc.
Website http://toteinc.com/

TOTE Maritime is an owner/operator of domestic shipping in the United States. They specialize in moving cargo between North America to Puerto Rico and Alaska.[3]

Subsidiaries

The Sea Star Line is a subsidiary of Tote Maritime.[4]

Fleet

Historic
  • SS Great Land 1975 - Ponce-Class roll-on/roll-off ship; decommissioned after 2010 and sent to be broken up 2013[5]
  • 6 Very Large Crude Carriers - operated by Interocean Management Corporation (now Tote Services) from 1975 to 1980
  • 3 Liberty Class ships - operated by Interocean Management Corporation (now Tote Services) from 1975 to 1980
  • SS Northern Lights built 1975, renamed 1991 and acquired in 1993; became SS El Faro in 2006 and sank in 2015[6]
Current

List of ships owned by TOTE:

  • SS Westward Venture 1977 - Ponce-Class Ro/RO ship
  • 2 tug and barge set - acquired 1985
  • 2 tug and barge set - acquired 1990
  • MV Midnight Sun 2002 - Orca Class ship (to be converted as LNG 2016)
  • MV North Star 2003 - Orca Class ship (to be converted as LNG 2016)

Tote Maritime is notable for ordering the world's first LNG-powered container ships:

El Faro Tragedy

The SS El Faro[8] was lost with all hands after losing power within Hurricane Joaquin between Florida and the Bahamas on October 1, 2015.[9]

External links

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  8. http://www.news4jax.com/news/coast-guard-certifies-el-faros-replacement/35926164
  9. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/us/el-faro-missing-ship/