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Clarke enumerates the many other roles that MTS has
taken on over time: “We’ve gone into ship brokerage,
where we would go and find a vessel for somebody who
has the cargo to put the cargo on that vessel. We’ve
gone so far as to become a principal, ourselves - own-
ing small boats that handle the pilot duties and service
launches, supplying vessels that are at the anchorage
with transportation, carrying crew members or service
technicians from shore to vessel and vice versa. We’ve
gone into bunkering, which is the refueling of vessels
that pass Jamaica. We’ve gone into custom brokerage,
which is the clearance of the cargo after it arrives on
the island, as well as freight-forwarding, which is ex-
porting the cargo from Jamaica to other islands. We’ve
gone into warehousing for our clients, storing goods
and delivering them when they need them.”
The benefits of being a modern, one-stop-shop opera-
tion accrue both to MTS, as well as to the companies it
services because it makes it easier for those custom-
ers to do business in a more cost-efficient way. Clarke
