How to Save Money and Remain Underway
Have you ever wondered which services can be done while underway or at anchor near the major shipping ports in South Florida? Port Everglades is home to many businesses that service commercial vessels. For instance, if you are carrying petroleum products Port Everglades has services that provide laboratory testing, outsourcing, consulting, cargo inspection and certification services. TowBoatU.S. Launch provides a service that allows the technicians for these companies to service your ship at anchor or further offshore. This service saves money by limiting the time spent in port. Branch manager, Randy Feldbruegge, who works for one of these companies stated. "TowBoatU.S. Launch service provides safe, comfortable transportation for our technicians from land to the ships that we service. Their boat is air conditioned, dry, stable, and fully fendered. It is great working with such a professional and friendly crew on all of our launches".
Is it essential for a crew member to get off or on the vessel while you are underway in South Florida? The captains working for TowBoatU.S. Launch have a wealth of experience and training to insure safe personnel transportation and transfer in a variety of sea conditions. Crew members are comfortably transported in an enclosed wheelhouse so your crew and their baggage will be dry upon arrival.
Regularly scheduled compass calibration and adjustment is a necessity in the shipping business Fortunately, Port Everglades is home to professional, licensed technicians eager to work with you on all of your instrumentation needs. These services can be done while underway as well to avoid the wasted time and expense of making a port call.
In addition, Port Everglades hosts a number of well established ship chandleries. Our launch vessels can be loaded with pallets of supplies, oil drums, books and charts, or almost anything that you may need!
As you can see, there are plenty of useful services available off the coast of South Florida. If you are ever in need of these services or supplies and your route takes you near the Southeast coast of the U.S., contact one of the many shipping agencies located in Port Everglades or Miami to arrange the details and be sure to ask that they use TowBoatU.S. Launch. We have been providing prompt, Professional service to customers throughout South Florida and the Bahamas since 1989.
