On Wednesday, 02/18/15, the PMA and the ILWU met separately with Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, who was sent by the White House to urge them to come to an agreement, according to people familiar with the negotiations. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti also joined to stress “the importance…
There is a tropical storm brewing in the Pacific. The storm will have an impact on vessel schedules around the Hawaiian Islands. At this time, the Coast Guard has shut down the port at Kawaihae, on the Kona side of the Big Island. The port on Maui will soon be affected and may be shut…
The vessel that left Long Beach on this past Wednesday is due to arrive late in Honolulu. It experienced a generator problem in transit that will delay its arrival until Monday morning around 0630. Most deliveries on Oahu will likely be delayed until Tuesday.
This week and next week’s sailings are going to be behind schedule. Matson is citing weather as the main factor. The Long Beach Wednesday departures are not departing until Thursday morning which will delay the delivery times in the islands by a day. The Saturday sailings will arrive in Honolulu on Thursday morning, making any…
The 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…
As 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…
The 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…
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.
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.…