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Interesting to note that the US only really has one container shipping line: Matson. It is an insignificant carrier in terms of capacity (less than 0.5 % world
by macmac 5y ago
Interesting to note that the US only really has one container shipping line: Matson. It is an insignificant carrier in terms of capacity (less than 0.5 % world market share) which primarily services Hawaii.
- crftr 5y agoTo add -- due to The Jones Act (within the Merchant Marine Act of 1920), Matson has a near-permanent lock on the cargo business between the lower-48 and Hawaii.
- ncmncm 5y ago...thus explaining why food is consistently 20+% more expensive in Hawaii than in California, despite year-round growing conditions. The only goat dairy on the Big Island imports all their feed from continental US. Apparently local forage would make the milk taste "off". Nobody grows hay in Hawaii, probably because there is no dry (enough) season to dry it in, and (maybe?) nobody has thought of trucking it to the dry side. Or something. Agriculture is always harder that it seems like it ought to be. Cheap shipping forgives a lot.
- khuey 5y agoMaersk has a US subsidiary with a number of US flagged ships.
- macmac 5y agoYes, but they primarily service the USN.