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Breaking Alert
9/13/2018
Dear Valued Customer:
Tropical
Storm Olivia-Hawaii
The USCG (United States Coast Guard) and Hawaii
State Department of Transportation have reopened all Hawaiian ports.
Vessel
Schedule Update
Vessel
|
Status
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Matsonia V613W
|
Vessel arrived in Port-Wednesday night 9/12
|
Mokihana V380W
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Vessel arrived in Port-Wednesday night 9/12
|
Kauai V006W
|
In transit to Honolulu and on schedule to arrive
Saturday 9/15
|
Outer Island Barges
Columbia V837A
|
Barge will be arriving in Kawaihae this morning
9/13
|
Haleakala V837B
|
Barge will be arriving in Kahului today 9/13
|
We will be pulling
containers from all ports first thing Thursday morning and scheduling
deliveries. We estimate that due to the
storm, it may take us two days to process deliveries.
We will be unloading
cargo from all vessels, based on container availability, as released by the
ports. We plan on being fully caught up by Friday afternoon for Honolulu, and
Monday for the Outer Islands.
Hurricane Florence-The Carolina’s
Hurricane Florence is now
affecting the East Coast, primarily South Carolina, North Carolina, and
Virginia. Flooding is expected due to heavy rainfall, along with damaging
hurricane-force winds and the related storm surge.
Please be aware that in
some instances trucking services in and out of the affected areas, as well as
the surrounding areas, will experience delays of up to a week or greater,
depending on the damages to major highways and roads.
Super Typhoon Mangkhut-Guam and Hong Kong
Guam-
The storm has passed
through Guam. The terminal is now open for business as usual. All power has
been restored.
The Maunawili 165W is now
estimated to arrive Thursday, September 13, 2018. This could change -the Port
Authorities make operational decisions based on a variety of factors impacting
the port.
Deliveries that were
originally scheduled for this past Monday are now being made.
Hong Kong-
Super Typhoon Mangkhut is
now over the Western Pacific and will enter the South China Sea this Saturday,
September 15. The storm is expected to make landfall, September 16th or 17th,
and is forecasted to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds.
Our DGX-Hong Kong office
may be closed Monday, September 17. The
forecast of the pending typhoon will determine if the office will be open. We will update you as the condition of the
typhoon becomes more defined.
Should you have additional questions please
contact your local representative or Customer Service at our corporate office
at 1-800-488-4888 or 1-310-537-2000, Ext. 2020.
Thank you for your understanding with
respect to the above. We will take all steps possible to minimize
delays.
Thank you for your business-we
appreciate it!