Tag: TOTE

TOTE Services and Philly Shipyard organized a keel laying ceremony earlier this week for the third of five training vessels for America’s state maritime academies.

Seaside LNG announced it acquired the LNG bunkering barge Clean Jacksonville from TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, LLC, a subsidiary of TOTE Group, LLC. The Clean Jacksonville recently reached a significant milestone having successfully completed her 300th bunkering at the Port of Jacksonville.

Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSI) announced the authorization by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) and subsequent order from TOTE Services for the construction of one additional National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV).

TOTE Maritime Alaska, part of US-based TOTE, has completed the first of four conversion periods for its Orca class vessels, a process that will enable the ships to use LNG as a fuel. The company's 'North Star' completed her first voyage, after being outfitted with two LNG tanks immediately behind the ship’s bridge.

US based TOTE informed that it will put its plans to enter the US mainland to Hawaii containership on hold, due to its Phase 1 technical review of Piers 1 and 2 in Honolulu Harbor. As a result, TOTE and Philly Shipyard will not renew their Letter of Intent, which expires on January 31, 2018.

TOTE Maritime Alaska, a daughter company of TOTE Inc., recently contracted MAN PrimeServ, MAN Diesel & Turbo’s after-sales division, to convert roll on/roll off vessels to dual-fuel operation on LNG. The ‘North Star’ and ‘Midnight Sun’ are currently both powered by 4 × MAN 58/64 engines and will be retrofitted to MAN 58/64 retrofit units.

USCG official investigation report on El Faro cargo vessel found that the captain underestimated the strength of a hurricane and overestimated the ship's strength on a trip between Florida and Puerto Rico. Also, ship's owner, Tote Maritime Inc., had not replaced a safety officer and had violated regulations regarding crew rest periods and working hours.

JAX LNG announced that it received a Letter of Acceptance from the US Coast Guard for the operation of their waterfront LNG facility and the approval to conduct ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operations with TOTE Maritime’s Marlin Class ships and the LNG barge, Clean Jacksonville.

ORBCOMM announced that TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico is currently using the company's VesselConnect, that enables visibility of refrigerated containers transporting temperature-sensitive, high-value cargo across water, filling the traceability gap on vessels at sea. Data as reefer status, temperature and slot location are displayed on an app aboard the ship.

Carnival Corporation, DNV GL, ENGIE, ENN, GE, GTT, Lloyd’s Register, Mitsubishi Corporation, NYK Line, Port of Rotterdam, Qatargas, Shell, TOTE Inc. and Wärtsilä have announced a new cross-industry initiative called SEA\LNG, to accelerate the use of LNG as a marine fuel.