Anthony Chiarello, the president of American Shipping Group, will serve as acting president of Sea Star while the company performs a search for his replacement.
American Shipping Group (ASG) is the subsidiary of Saltchuk Resources, which manages five companies including Sea Star Line. Sea Star operates between Jacksonville and Port Everglades in Florida and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Tortola.
ASG also operates Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE), which sails between Tacoma, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska; Interocean American Shipping; Spectrum Logistics; and Alta Logistics.
Chiarello also confirmed that the TOTE-owned ship Westward Venture has been sold for scrapping, noting that this was “customary for a vessel of her age.” The Westward Venture was built at Sun Ship in Chester, Pa. in 1977.
