Matson Lines and Horizon Lines both announced rate increases recently. Almost all services are increasing in price, but the big increase is $175 on every container, regardless of the size. Also, the Terminal Handling charge is increasing $50 on every container. The increases result in a 5.6% bump in average ocean cost, according to the…
DetailsThe clerical workers and their employers have reached a tentative agreement early this morning. The pickets are gone and the longshore workers are back working the ships. There is a back log of ships needing to be discharged, so it will be a while before everything is back to normal. In the meantime, we are…
DetailsAs noted in the news over the past few days, the LA/LB harbor has been severely impacted due to stalled labor contract negotiations with the Office Clerical Unit of the ILWU. To reiterate, Aloha uses exclusively Matson Lines and their OCU workers are not part of the negotiation or disruptions. All of Aloha’s freight is…
DetailsThe Office Clerical Unit of the ILWU has initiated a labor action at a Los Angeles port terminal. There is currently a stoppage of work at pier 400. We do not expect any issues with our freight for Hawaii at this time. Aloha Freight uses Matson exclusively and the Matson terminal has not had any…
DetailsThis Matson vessel originated from Oakland. It then sailed to Long Beach and was scheduled to depart on Saturday, for a Wednesday night arrival in Honolulu. It departed Oakland late due to some labor issues. That delayed the arrival and subsequent departure from Long Beach. It is now due into Honolulu on Thursday at 10pm.…
DetailsThe vessel Mokihana, voyage 234, will be arriving into Honolulu around 0800 Thursday. This is more than 12 hours late. Many shipments that would normally deliver on Thursday may not deliver until Friday. We will expedite as much as we can. The vessel sustained some damage while loading in Long Beach and had to be…
DetailsMatson Navigation announced an increase to the fuel surcharge effective October 7. The increase will bump the surcharge up to 43.5%. This is an extremely high rate, but short of the record high in June of last year. Click here to see Matson’s official announcement. Our Aloha Freight invoices will reflect the new rate on…
DetailsUpdate 8/16/12: The vessel departed later than anticipated. The estimated arrival in Honolulu will be 1300 on Monday. We will not have any shipments available for Monday delivery. We will attempt to make most of our deliveries on Tuesday. Matson is still holding the barge connections to the Neighbor Islands. Please expect a day delay…
DetailsMatson has announced that starting this Wednesday, August 8, the vessel departure from Long Beach has been advanced to 0400. The previous departure time was 1000, so it has been advanced by 6 hours. It should mean earlier arrival times in Honolulu on Sunday afternoon and earlier container availability on Monday mornings. However, they may…
DetailsMatson has notified us of a delay in the departure of the vessel scheduled to depart Long Beach tomorrow, Wednesday. The vessel has a mechanical problem with a turbo charger that will result in a delay of approximately 12 hours. We will expedite all shipments upon arrival. However, most deliveries that would normally be accomplished…
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