Heavy equipment
Excavators, loaders, skid steers, generators and trailers. Drive or tow it aboard over the 13-foot ramp; drive it off at the island dock.
Services & vessel
What we move, and the boat that moves it.
Full or half private charters aboard the Island Hot Shot. Below: the cargo classes we carry, the vessel spec sheet, and whether a private charter is the right tool for your job.
What we move
If it rolls, lifts or stacks, it fits on the deck.
Full or half charters. One customer's cargo, one sailing, no waiting for a consolidated container to fill. The open RoRo deck takes wheeled loads straight up the ramp and takes crane-lifted loads anywhere on the 2,000 square feet.
Roll-on / roll-off
Roll-on / roll-off
Vehicles
Trucks, cars, golf carts, boats on trailers. Wheeled cargo rides on deck and comes off under its own power.
Containerised
Containers on chassis
Deck capacity for FEUs or up to five TEUs on chassis, so a full container load moves without a transload.
Building supply
Lumber & construction materials
Framing packages, roofing, block, rebar, windows and doors for island builds and rebuilds.
Bulk & palletised
Bulk material
Aggregate, fill, sand and bagged product on pallets or in super sacks, loaded to the deck.
Project
Project & oversize loads
Odd-shaped or one-off cargo that doesn't fit a container schedule. Send the dimensions and weight and we'll tell you how it rides.
Vessel spec sheet
The vessel
Island Hot Shot. Built for the shallow side of the chart.
A purpose-built landing craft. The Family Islands are ringed by banks and channels under six feet at low water, which is exactly where a deep-draft freighter stops and a lighter starts charging you twice. The Island Hot Shot runs in under six feet and puts the ramp on the beach or the dock.
- Type
- RoRo landing craftRoll-on / roll-off, bow ramp
- Flag
- United States
- Operating draft
- Under 6 ft
- Deck load
- Approx. 180,000 lb
- Cargo deck
- Approx. 2,000 sq ftOpen deck, crane-accessible
- Bow ramp
- 13 ft wide
- Container capacity
- FEUs, or 5 × TEUOn chassis
- Charter options
- Full or half charter
Figures are as published by Island Craft Transport and are approximate. Exact load limits for a given sailing depend on cargo type, weight distribution, weather and destination and are confirmed at quote.
Is a private charter right for you?
Good fit. Not a fit.
We're a good fit if you
- Are building, rebuilding or outfitting a property on an out island and need materials and equipment to arrive together.
- Have heavy equipment or vehicles that need to roll off at a shallow dock or beach.
- Need a full container load moved without waiting on a liner sailing.
- Are a contractor, developer, marina or government agency with a project schedule to hit.
Probably not, if you
- Have a few boxes or a single pallet. A consolidated freight service will be cheaper than a private charter.
- Need passenger transport. The Island Hot Shot is a cargo vessel.
- Need door-to-door trucking on the island. We deliver to the dock; local haulage is arranged separately.