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 slow the vessel speed down for better economics, and there is a Saturday arrival from Oakland that could affect the availability for earlier labor. We still expect it to make the availability a little earlier and hence easier to have deliveries made on Monday. Haz Mat cutoff times could potentially change and we will notify shippers if there is an impact. There are no other changes at this time and we will continue to operate under the same voyage cutoff schedules we have followed for years.
