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DHX - Dependable Hawaiian Express
1/15/2019
Dear Valued Customers,
The following is
provided for your information:
Holiday
Schedules
The offices listed below will be closed for
their holidays as follows:
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Australia
|
Australia
Day
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January 28
|
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China
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Chinese
New Year
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February 5-7
|
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Hong
Kong
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Chinese
New Year
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February 5-7
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Japan
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National
Foundation Day
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February 11
|
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Malaysia
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Thaipusam
Chinese
New Year
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January 21
February 5-6
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New
Zealand
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Auckland
Anniversary Day
Waitangi
Day
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January 28
February 6
|
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Philippines
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Chinese
New Year
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February 5
|
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Singapore
|
Chinese
New Year
|
February 5-6 |
Please remember that
certain offices are across the International Dateline. The dates above are
their dates, not the actual U.S. date.
Hawaii General Rate Increase
(GRI)
Matson
Navigation Company (“Matson”) increased their service by $225 per westbound
container and $125 per eastbound container, effective with sailings on or after
January 6, 2019.
As
a result, our Hawaii rates increased by like amounts for full container loads.
For less-than-container load (LCL) cargo, our individual Customer rates were
adjusted based on a variety of factors, including the commodity, density and
current costs. These changes took effect with shipments sailing on or after
January 6, 2019.
Hawaii Delivery Increases
Additionally,
due to changing costs in our Hawaii operations, we increased our Hawaii
delivery rates and local trucking rates, effective at varying dates during
January 2019. With Hawaii unemployment being extremely low, we have seen labor
costs rise significantly, causing the bulk of the below increases. Our delivery agent in Kauai also took an
increase in their rates for the first time in 13 years.
Please
see the below table for the delivery rate increases by Island:
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Terminal
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Increase
|
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Oahu
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3%
|
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Maui
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5%
|
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Kona
|
5% Zone 1 Delivery (LCL
cube rates only)
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KFS/Kauai
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21% and 5% on YB/Interisland
consolidation
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Hitco/Hilo
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6%
|
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Molokai
|
10%
|
Guam
Terminal Handling Increase
Matson
is not taking any increases with respect to their Guam ocean service, but did
previously announce a Port of Guam Terminal Handling Charge (THC) increase in
April 2017. The announced increase will result in no change in our current THC
rate for LCL cargo, and FCL rates will have this increase passed through.
Details of the approved plan are posted online
at: http://www.portguam.com/sites/default/files/5-year_tariff_increase_pag_docket_17-01_04282017.pdf
Pursuant
to Port of Guam’s second increase we have increased our THC rates for Guam and
CNMI container load shipments, effective with sailings on or after January 6, 2019.
The following summarizes the changes:
Inbound from USWC to Guam
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EQT
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Existing Rate
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New Rate
|
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D20
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$
902.00
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$ 910.00
|
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D40/D45
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$
966.00
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$ 975.00
|
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Reefers
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$ 1,247.00
|
$ 1257.00
|
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Breakbulk
*
|
$ 44.00
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$ 44.00
|
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CFS*
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$ 44.00
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$ 44.00
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*indicates
per revenue ton; all others per container
Transshipment to Saipan
|
EQT
|
Existing Rate
|
New Rate
|
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D20
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$
468.00
|
$ 471.00
|
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D40/D45
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$
468.00
|
$ 471.00
|
|
Reefers
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$
468.00
|
$ 471.00
|
Transshipment to Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of
the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau
|
EQT
|
Existing Rate
|
New Rate
|
|
D20
|
$
468.00
|
$ 471.00
|
|
D40/D45
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$
468.00
|
$ 471.00
|
|
Reefers
|
$
468.00
|
$ 471.00
|
Thank
you in advance for your understanding in these matters.
Fuel
Surcharges-Hawaii/Guam/Micronesia
Due
to the recent reductions in fuel prices, Matson lowered its fuel surcharge by
seven percentage points for its Hawaii, Guam/CNMI and Micronesia services. The
fuel surcharge was adjusted for Hawaii from 40% to 33%, for Guam/CNMI from 40%
to 33%, and for Micronesia from 44% to 37%, all effective with sailings on or
after Sunday, January 13, 2019.
We will continue
to monitor Matson's fuel surcharges and adjust our fuel surcharges to you
accordingly.
DHX Blog – Shipping Insights
We encourage you to
visit our blog at www.dhx.com to see our latest updates,
progress, helpful hints, and shipping insights. Once there you can access links
to our Facebook pages, with some of more noteworthy items being:
New
Honolulu Warehouse - We’re building a new
warehouse and distribution center in the heart of the industrial district in Honolulu.
Visit our page to view the progress of the building project.
Beard
for Buck$ - A campaign to help
raise money for charity, that will help the homeless in Hawaii. So far with our
participating partners, we have earmarked over $25,000 for charity, with 4 more
months until the completion of our new warehouse.
The 2 charities listed below, will be receiving 100% of all
donations:
·
Kahauiki Village http://www.kahauiki.org/
·
The Salvation Army-Hawaiian and Pacific Islands https://fundraise.salvationarmyhawaii.org/…/beard-f…/c184542
We hope that you join us in this fun,
yet charitable cause. #beardforbucks #honolulu #hawaii
Just so
you know, for a single donation of $10,000, Brad Dechter, the President of
DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express, and DGX (Dependable Global Express) is willing
to dye his beard purple, one of the official colors of Dependable Supply
Chain Services, for a month!
For $25,000 he will dye the beard and his hair too, for a month! It’s
all for a great cause, folks!
If you
are thinking of donating to a worthy cause, this is it!
We
appreciate any donation you can make to help the homeless in Honolulu.
We
wish you and your loved ones the very best for a prosperous 2019. May 2019 be
your best year yet!
Thank you for your business - we
appreciate it!