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Shipping Service: Hawaii, Jacksonville

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Pasha Hawaii Expands Service from Southern California to Hawaii

Ten sailings per month help local businesses more efficiently manage their product flow and inventory levels

Pasha Hawaii’s newly launched LA-Hawaii Express (LHX) vessel service provides the islands with increased frequency and more capacity to support the growing Hawaii economy.

The direct service offers two vessels that will call Los Angeles every Wednesday and will arrive in Honolulu every Sunday. The three-and-a-half day transit will enable shippers to fill orders on the Mainland early in the week and have goods ready for a Monday morning delivery anywhere on Oahu. Barge connections link the LA-Hawaii Express service to all neighbor islands with one to two days of additional transit.

The LA-Hawaii Express complements Pasha’s CA-Hawaii Express (CHX), which provides a weekly triangle service connecting Honolulu, Oakland, and Los Angeles. The Wednesday arrival of the CA-Hawaii Express in Honolulu enables local retailers to receive their products and stock their shelves ahead of weekend sales. One of the vessels in the LA-Hawaii Express rotation is the newly built Marjorie C, a combination container and roll-on/roll-off vessel, with a capacity of 1,400 TEUs and the ability to accommodate automobiles and all sizes and types of rolling cargo.

"By offering two weekly sailings from Los Angeles to Honolulu, Pasha Hawaii gives manufacturers and retailers the opportunity to enjoy increased supply chain consistency and flexibility," said George Pasha IV, President and CEO of Pasha Hawaii. "Our vessels are utilized exclusively in the Hawaii trade and we look forward to providing the market with exemplary schedule reliability and on-time performance."  

In addition to the LA-Hawaii Express and the CA-Hawaii Express, Pasha Hawaii operates the M/V Jean Anne, a bi-weekly roll-on/roll-off vessel service between San Diego and Honolulu, Kahului and Hilo. The M/V Jean Anne’s heavy-duty ramp design enables not only the transportation of automobiles, but also the transportation of oversize building materials, construction equipment, military equipment, and industrial and commercial rolling stock. 

JAXPORT Welcomes Maersk Line

Maersk Line is coming to the Port of Jacksonville.The carrier’s decision to add a weekly service through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal starting in July 2015 means nine of the world’s top 10 global container carriers now offer services at the Northeast Florida port.

Maersk’s TP10 is a new service between the U.S. East Coast and Northern China and South Korea. It offers direct service from Jacksonville to Xingang, Qingdao and Shanghai in China and Busan in South Korea. SSA Marine will provide stevedoring services at Blount Island.

"We believe our role is to respond to the needs of global shippers who face a wide-range of market and economic challenges. Through our partnership with JAXPORT, we mark the beginning of a new TP10 direct service that provides greater convenience and enhanced transit times for shippers doing business between Northern Asia and South Korea and Northern Florida and the U.S. Southeast. We’ll work closely with JAXPORT to ensure we’re supporting our customers’ success and the promises they make to their customers," said Michael White, president of Maersk Line North America.

JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal will be hosting Maersk Line’s TP10 is a new service between the U.S. East Coast and Northern China and South Korea beginning July 10.
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