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TOTE reorganizes two of its shipping companies under one name

By Kathleen Cooper

Staff writer
In 2010, two longshoremen plug in the cable from TOTE’s North Star cargo ship to get 6,600 volts/300amps of shore power to allow the ship to turn off their diesel engine and receives electrical power when docked. North Star is the first ship in the Pacific Northwest to get shore power, which significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
In 2010, two longshoremen plug in the cable from TOTE’s North Star cargo ship to get 6,600 volts/300amps of shore power to allow the ship to turn off their diesel engine and receives electrical power when docked. North Star is the first ship in the Pacific Northwest to get shore power, which significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Lui Kit Wong The News Tribune file

Federal Way-based Totem Ocean Trailer Express and Florida’s Sea Star Line will now be called TOTE Maritime, headquartered in Federal Way.

Corporate owner TOTE announced the reorganization Thursday.

Sea Star Line serves Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and Totem Ocean Trailer Express serves the Alaska Market from the Port of Tacoma. Both have transmitted goods twice a week for decades.

Both companies also are switching their vessels to run on natural gas. Totem Ocean will begin the conversion of its first ship to natural gas this fall.

TOTE Maritime is part of the TOTE family of companies which also includes TOTE Services, a leading edge ship management company that specializes in natural gas projects and technical services for both government and commercial vessels. TOTE is a subsidiary of Saltchuk, a private family owned conglomerate that owns transportation and petroleum distribution companies.

Kathleen Cooper: 253-597-8546

kathleen.cooper@thenewstribune.com

@KCooperTNT

This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 6:33 PM with the headline "TOTE reorganizes two of its shipping companies under one name."

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