Our Beginning
TOTE Inc. is established as Totem Ocean Trailer Express.
S.S. Great Land makes her maiden voyage from Seattle to Anchorage
Saltchuck buys Totem Ocean Express, now called TOTE Inc.
Puerto Rico service begins with two tug and barge sets operating from South Florida.
Totem Resources buys Interocean Management Corporation (IOM) in March
Totem Ocean Trailer Express christened the first in the new Orca Class, the M.V. Midnight Sun, in August.
Sea Star Line launched its new Eastern Caribbean Service to the islands of Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, and Tortola.
Totem Ocean Trailer Express completed a $2.7 million shore power project to reduce diesel and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90 percent.
Interocean was awarded a contract with Military Sealift Command (MSC)
In February, American Shipping Group changed its name to TOTE, LLC. (also known as the TOTE Group) and introduced the TOTE Logistics, TOTE Maritime and TOTE Services brands.
The TOTE Group and NASSCO partnered to launch the world’s first LNG-powered containerships. These Marlin class vessels would be the world’s most environmentally friendly containerships.
Our Future
The TOTE Group introduces the brands for TOTE Maritime Alaska and TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico leveraging best practices while delivering geographically and culturally focused service.
Our Beginning
TOTE Inc. is established as Totem Ocean Trailer Express.
S.S. Great Land makes her maiden voyage from Seattle to Anchorage.
Saltchuck buys Totem Ocean Express, now called TOTE Inc.
Puerto Rico service begins with two tug and barge sets operating from South Florida.
Totem Resources buys Interocean Management Corporation (IOM) in March.
Totem Ocean Trailer Express christened the first in the new Orca Class, the M.V. Midnight Sun, in August.
Sea Star Line launched its new Eastern Caribbean Service to the islands of Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, and Tortola.
Totem Ocean Trailer Express completed a $2.7 million shore power project to reduce diesel and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90 percent.
Interocean was awarded a contract with Military Sealift Command. (MSC)
In February, American Shipping Group changed its name to TOTE, LLC. (also known as the TOTE Group) and introduced the TOTE Logistics, TOTE Maritime and TOTE Services brands.
The TOTE Group and NASSCO partnered to launch the world’s first LNG-powered containerships. These Marlin class vessels would be the world’s most environmentally friendly containerships.
Our Future
The TOTE Group introduces the brands for TOTE Maritime Alaska and TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico leveraging best practices while delivering geographically and culturally focused service.
At the forefront of every decision and action
To our people, customers, communities and environment
The foundation of everything we do
We have been recognized for our achievements in safety, quality, environmental, military and community support by the following organizations:
NDTA Corporate Distinguished Service Award
Outstanding Contributor of the Year Award
Gold Pan Awards for Business Excellence
Home Depot Offshore Partner of the Year
Dreams Come True
Top Fundraiser
Jacksonville Business Journal: 2021 Best Places to Work
2021 Alaska Governor's Safety Award of Excellence
Glovis President's List for 100% on-time and zero damage for 2021
First Coast Worksite Wellness Council "Healthiest Companies" Award - Platinum Level
Alaska Journal of Commerce
Top 40 Under 40
Milena Sevigny
Jacksonville Business Journal: 2021 Women of Influence
Cathy Sizemore
South Sound Business: 40 Under 40
Chris Rye
Beans Café Corporate Partner of the Year
TOTE is committed to providing a best-in-class customer and employee experience while caring for the environment and the communities it serves. All of this is achieved by having a robust Integrated Management System (IMS) which covers quality, environmental, health & safety and corporate social responsibility.
TOTE has developed a Corporate Compliance Program for participation by all employees of TOTE and its subsidiaries. The Compliance Program is designed to assist employees in complying with the increasingly complex laws and regulations governing the industry as well as general business conduct. It is TOTE’s desire for this Compliance Program to aid in the identification and correction of any actual or perceived violations of any applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures as well as Saltchuk’s Code of Ethical Business Conduct.
In addition, to further encourage reporting, Saltchuk has a third-party Hotline (1-800-270-7513) and website to which employees can report issues anonymously. Issues reported through this method must contain enough information for TOTE to conduct a thorough investigation of the matter reported. It is TOTE’s express policy that no adverse action or retaliation will be taken by TOTE against any employee due to the good faith reporting of a suspected violation or irregularity.
Relationships are at the core of our leadership philosophy.
Integral to our mission is attracting and developing innovative industry leaders who can effectively implement TOTE’s long-term strategies while enhancing existing businesses and customer relationships.
Our Management Team >>TOTE and our parent company Saltchuk are committed to ensuring the highest standards of ethics, integrity and safety. Please take a minute to check out our Vendor Code of Ethical Business Conduct.
Follow the steps below to be setup as a vendor in our system. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to be in touch with your point of contact or Accounts Payable. Download and complete the below documents to your point of contact (the person who sent you the link to this page).
We want our Company to be the kind of place where we would all be proud for our children to work. We expect our employees to always be honest and ethical in the performance of Company business and to meet the highest standards of business behavior. Our Code of Ethics incorporates these values and is a guide to help us consistently do the right thing in all of our business dealings. You can find a copy of our Code of Ethics here:
We are absolutely committed to integrity. If you believe any TOTE company or individual has engaged in illegal or unethical behavior, we encourage you to report it. Making a report in “good faith” means coming forward with information you believe to be true and correct. This means that any time you make such a report -even if an investigation does not uncover any misconduct – you will be safe from retaliation or any adverse consequence.
If you report improper conduct to a supervisor and it appears that the issue is not addressed, do not assume that the Company is going to take no action. The appropriate response is for you to escalate the issue to a more senior manager, up to and including the Company President, or the Human Resources Department, the Compliance Officer, or the General Counsel.
If the Company does not satisfactorily address your issue, or if you are uncomfortable raising the issue within the Company, please contact the Ethics Hotline at 1-800-270-7513 or 1-206-736-7020 (Outside the U.S.). For online reporting, please visit: www.saltchuk.com/hotline. The Ethics Hotline is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for you to ask questions, express a concern, or report a possible violation. The concerns you report will be logged and addressed promptly by the appropriate person. We treat reported information in a confidential manner to the extent reasonably possible.