TOTE Maritime is facing at least $2.99m in cargo claims following the sinking of the ro-ro EL Faro off the Bahamas.

The claims are being filed as part of the US shipowner’s limitation-of-liability proceedings in Jacksonville, where claims by family of crew members who died in the casualty also continue to stack up.

Nissan North America, a US affiliate of Japanese car maker Nissan Motor Co, recently filed the largest cargo claim.