Matson, Inc. is a U.S. owned and operated transportation services company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. The company is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “MATX.”
A leader in Pacific shipping since 1882, the subsidiary Navigation Company, Inc. provides a vital lifeline to the economies of Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Micronesia and the South Pacific and premium, expedited service from China to Southern California. The company’s fleet of vessels includes containerships, combination container and roll-on/roll-off ships and custom-designed barges.
Established in 1921, the Terminals provides container maintenance, stevedoring and other terminal services supporting Matson’s ocean shipping cargo operations in Hawaii and Alaska. They also have a 35 percent ownership in SSA Terminals, LLC, a joint venture with a subsidiary of Carrix, Inc., which provides terminal and stevedoring services to various carriers at eight terminal facilities on the U.S. West Coast and to three of those facilities (Long Beach, Oakland, Tacoma).
Matson Logistics, Inc., established in 1987, extends the company’s transportation network reach, offering customers throughout North America domestic and international rail intermodal service, long haul and regional highway brokerage, supply chain services and less-than-truck-load (LTL) transportation services. The company also has third-party logistics services including warehousing, distribution, less-than-container-load (LCL) consolidation and international freight forwarding.
Matson Advantages
- Domestic rail intermodal service
- International rail intermodal service
- Long haul and regional highway truckload service
- LTL transportation
- Specialized hauling, flatbed and project work
- Dedicated and seasonal warehousing and distribution
- Transloading, cross-dock services, and value-added packaging services
- Network analysis and freight management services
