Matson 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…
Update 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…
Matson 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…
Matson 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…
We would like to announce and welcome two people to the Aloha Freight family. Rob Pajor is our new sales manager and Mike Breslin is a new account manager. They both have extensive experience in freight transportation. We are thrilled to have them aboard and look forward to wonderful things with them.
It is with mixed emotions that we announce that one of our Aloha Freight ohana is moving on to a new endeavor. Jim McMichael has been our sales manager for over eight years. He is leaving our Compton location and will be joining another organization and valuable Aloha Freight partner in Honolulu. We are grateful…
Please keep in mind that the Ocean Fuel Surcharge is adjusted periodically by the steamship lines. There is a large increase set to go into effect on Monday 2/26/12. Please check our FSC web page for the latest information. A link is on the panel to the left and at the top of this page.
The vessel Matsonia 522 that departed Long Beach on Saturday 12/31/11 will be arriving into Honolulu more than 12 hours late. Containers would usually be available starting Thursday morning on January 5. They will not become available until the afternoon. There was extremely heavy fog in Long Beach and the ship had to delay its…
It has been announced in the news recently that the Occupy movement is planning on shutting down the west coast ports on Monday, December 12. How will this affect your Hawaii shipments? Please note that this is not a strike or any labor issue. The Occupy people have had the backing of labor groups in…
The steamship lines have announced their annual rate increase. It will be effective January 1, 2012. The increase represents an ocean increase of approximately 5.6% and an increase in the Terminal Handling Charge that equates to around $.05 per cube. These increases are extremely unfortunate. We do everything that we can to minimize the increase.…