Awards & Certifications
| Date of Award | Award | Received By / From |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance | TOTE / Honoree Circle, Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance |
| 2004 | The Malcolm McLeon "Fighting the Tide Award" Action in Short Sea Shipping | TOTE / U.S. Maritime Administration, NY, NY |
| 2005 | Sea Star, ILWU Locals 23, 29, IAM Local 238 | TOTE / Sea Star, 30 Years a Team |
| 2005 | AMVER, M/V Great Land / WFDP | TOTE / AMVER, 30 Years 1975-2005 |
| 2006 | "Club Elist 2006" Award | TOTE / Glovis standards of excellence moving automobiles |
| 2006 | Midnight Sun VOS Award | TOTE / VOS Award Recognizing TOTE'S support to the Army |
| 2006 | Campaign Growth Award 2006 | TOTE / United Way of Pierce County |
| 2007 | Tahoma Environmental Business Award | TOTE / Tacoma Pierce County Chamber 2007 |
| 2007 | Alaska's Jones Act-Local Hire Initiative | TOTE / Key participants in deployments & return moves between Fairbanks, AK and Fort Polk, LA |
| 2007 | Military Recognition, U.S. Army, Alaska | TOTE / Service to the military |
| 2007 | Recognized for Increased Donations | TOTE / United Way of Pierce County |
| 2007 | S.S. Westward Venture | TOTE / Cargo transport to Kuwait for 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing under the 595th U.S. Army Transport Group |
| 2007 | NOAA, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration | TOTE / Orca Class vessels named weather ships of the year |
| 2007 | Jones F. Devlin Award | TOTE / Environmental Achievement Award Issued by the Chamber of Shipping of America |
| 2008 | 2007 VOS Award | TOTE / Midnight Sun record-setting marine observations record |
| 2008 | Environmental Achievement Award | TOTE / Chamber of Shipping America |
| 2009 | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | TOTE / U.S. EPA Region 10 Award's; 10 Awards In Recovery Funding to Port of Tacoma to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs. |
| 2009 | Citizens for a Healthy Bay and its partners in the Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tacoma program present TOTE for its strong commitment to environmental responsibility | TOTE / Bill Baarsma, Mayor, City of Tacoma and Bruce Kilen, President, Citizens for a Healthy Bay |
| 2010 | Jones F. Devlin Awards | TOTE / Issued by Chamber of Shipping of America MV North Star and SS Westward Venture operated a total of 8 years with no lost time accidents |
| 2010 | ISO 14001:20004 | TOTE / ISO Recertification done during our May/June audit |
| 2010 | Community Vitality Partner Award | TOTE / Port of Tacoma |










