{{Short description|US shipping company}} {{Infobox company | name = TOTE Maritime | logo = TOTE Maritime logo.svg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | native_name = | parent = Saltchuk | native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. For multiple names in different languages, use {{lang|[code]|[name]}}. --> | former_name = Interocean Management Corporation<ref name=TOTE-hist/> | type = | industry = Shipping | founded = {{start date|1975}} as '''TOTEm Ocean Trailer Express'''<ref name=TOTE-hist>{{cite web|title=TOTE History|url=http://toteinc.com/about/history/|publisher=TOTE Maritime|accessdate=7 October 2015}}</ref> <!-- if known: {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} in city, country --> | founder = <!-- or: | founders = --> | hq_location = 10401 Deerwood Park Blvd., Building One, Suite 1300 | hq_location_city = Jacksonville, Florida | hq_location_country = United States | area_served = North America <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = Tim Nolan, CEO<ref name="TOTE Inc.">{{cite web |title=Leadership |website=TOTE Inc. |url=http://www.toteinc.com/about/executive-team/ |access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref><br>Mike Noone, President, TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico<ref name="TOTE Inc."/><br> Grace Greene, President, TOTE Maritime Alaska<ref name="TOTE Inc."/> | products =
| brands = TOTE Maritime, TOTE Services, TOTE Resources | services = shipping, crew staffing, cargo ship charters | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | ratio = <!-- for BANKS ONLY --> | rating = <!-- for BANKS ONLY --> | website = {{URL|https://www.totemaritime.com/}}<!-- or: | homepage = --><!-- --> }}
'''TOTE Maritime''' is an owner/operator of domestic shipping in the United States. It specializes in moving cargo between North America to Puerto Rico and Alaska.<ref name=TOTEmar>{{cite web|title=TOTE Maritime|url=http://toteinc.com/lines-of-business/maritime/|publisher=TOTE Maritime|accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref> TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico was the owner of ''El Faro'', a large container ship that sank in 2015 after she steamed directly into Hurricane Joaquin.<ref name=RagingSea>Slade, Rachel. ''Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of the El Faro''. HarperCollins, New York, 2018.</ref>
==Subsidiaries== The Sea Star Line was a subsidiary of Tote Maritime,<ref name=Perla-pr/> which was later unified under the then newly-established Tote Maritime brand alongside Totem Ocean Trailer Express.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-18 |title=Totem Ocean, Sea Star Line unified under TOTE Maritime |url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/totem-ocean-sea-star-line-unified-under-tote-maritime/ |access-date=8 March 2026 |website=Offshore Energy |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Fleet== ;Historic
* SS ''Great Land'' 1975 - Ponce-Class roll-on/roll-off ship, decommissioned after 2010 and sent to be broken up in 2013<ref name="Gillie-great-land">{{cite news|last1=Gillie|first1=John|title=TOTE’s SS Great Land is towed away to the ship breakers after illustrious Tacoma career|url=http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2013/03/15/totes-ss-great-land-is-towed-away-to-the-ship-breakers-after-illustrious-tacoma-career/|accessdate=7 October 2015|publisher=The News Tribune|date=15 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207000651/http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2013/03/15/totes-ss-great-land-is-towed-away-to-the-ship-breakers-after-illustrious-tacoma-career/|archive-date=7 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 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 ''Westward Venture'' 1977 - Ponce-Class Ro/RO ship * SS ''Northern Lights'' 1975, renamed 1991 and acquired in 1993; became SS ''El Faro'' in 2006 and sank in 2015<ref name=Brogan>{{cite news|last1=Brogan|first1=Beth|title=El Faro part of TOTE Maritime fleet owned by Washington conglomerate|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2015/10/05/news/state/el-faro-part-of-tote-maritime-fleet-owned-by-washington-conglomerate/|accessdate=5 October 2015|publisher=Bangor Daily News|date=5 October 2015}}</ref> * SS ''El Morro'' 1974 - sister to ''El Faro'', scrapped in 2012 after a Coast Guard inspection revealed the ship was structurally unsound.<ref name=RagingSea/> * SS ''El Yunque'' 1976 - sister to ''El Faro'', scrapped in 2017 after a Coast Guard inspection revealed the ventilation trunks had rusted away.<ref name=RagingSea/>
;Current
List of ships owned by TOTE:{{fact|date=January 2022}}
* 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:
* {{mv|Isla Bella}} launched on 15 April 2015<ref name=1stLNG>{{cite web|title=NASSCO presents the Launch of the World's First LNG-Powered Containership|url=http://toteinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TOTE-1-Invitation-April-2015.jpg|publisher=National Steel and Shipbuilding Company|accessdate=5 October 2015}}</ref> * {{mv|Perla del Caribe}} on August 31, 2015.<ref name="Perla-pr">{{cite web|title=TOTE and NASSCO Launch World’s Most Environmentally Friendly Containership|url=http://toteinc.com/tote-and-nassco-launch-worlds-most-environmentally-friendly-containership/|publisher=Tote Inc.|accessdate=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023055121/https://toteinc.com/tote-and-nassco-launch-worlds-most-environmentally-friendly-containership/|archive-date=23 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to the ships listed above, Tote Maritime operates the following ships that are part of the Ready Reserve Force:
* MV ''Cape Taylor'', MV ''Cape Texas'', and MV ''Cape Trinity'' - RORO vessels laid up in Beaumont, Texas. * SS ''Pacific Tracker'' and MV ''Pacific Collector'' - Missile Range Instrumentation vessels laid up in Portland, Oregon. * MV ''Gary I. Gordon'' and MV ''Charles L. Gilliland'' - Large, Medium Speed Roll on/Roll off vessels laid up in Baltimore, Maryland. * MV ''Cape Sable'', MV ''Cape San Juan'', and MV ''Cape Starr'' - RORO vessels laid up in San Francisco, California. * MV ''Cape Henry'', MV ''Cape Hudson'', and MV ''Cape Horn'' - RORO vessels laid up in San Francisco, California.
==Sinking of ''El Faro''== {{Main|SS El Faro}}
The {{SS|El Faro}} was lost with all hands after entering the eye wall of Hurricane Joaquin and losing power between Florida and the Bahamas on October 1, 2015. Coast Guard investigators lambasted TOTE Maritime, stating the company made several violations regarding crew members' rest periods and work hours, had no dedicated safety officer to oversee the ''El Faro'', and used outdated, "open air" lifeboats (similar to the types used on older vessels, such as the RMS ''Titanic'') instead of the modern enclosed survival craft, among other violations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fox10tv.com/story/36494132/coast-guard-report-captain-errors-led-up-to-el-faro-sinking|title=Coast Guard report: Captain errors led up to ''El Faro'' sinking|work=Fox10 TV|archive-date=2017-10-15|access-date=2018-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015201752/http://www.fox10tv.com/story/36494132/coast-guard-report-captain-errors-led-up-to-el-faro-sinking|url-status=dead}}</ref> The company never filed an internal incident and investigation record for the sinking.<ref name=RagingSea/>
==External links== * {{official website|https://www.totemaritime.com/}}
==References== {{reflist}}http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/sun.htm<nowiki/>{{United States-flag shipping companies}}
Category:Container shipping companies of the United States Category:Container shipping companies Category:American companies established in 1975 Category:Multinational companies based in Jacksonville