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DHX - Dependable Hawaiian Express
12/14/2018
NEWS UPDATE
December 14, 2018
Dear Valued Customers,
The following is provided for your information:
Holiday Schedules
The offices listed below will be closed for the holidays as follows:
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United States
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Christmas Day
New Year’s Day
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December 25
January 1
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Australia
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Christmas Day
Christmas Day/Boxing Day
New Year’s Day
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December 25
December 26
January 1
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China
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Christmas Day
Christmas Day/Boxing Day
New Year’s Day
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December 25
December 26
January 1
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Hong Kong
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The Emperor’s Birthday(Observed)
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Day
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December 24
December 31
January 1-3
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Japan
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Christmas Day
New Year’s Day
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December 25
January 1
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Malaysia
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Christmas Day
Christmas Day/Boxing Day
New Year’s Day
Day after New Year’s Day
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December 25
December 26
January 1
January 2
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New Zealand
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Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Day
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December 24
December 25
December 31
January 1
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Philippines
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Christmas Day
New Year’s Day
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December 25
January 1
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Singapore
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Christmas Day
New Year’s Day
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December 25
January 1
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Please remember that certain offices are across the International Dateline. The dates above are their dates, not the actual U.S. date.
DHX Holiday Sailing Schedule
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Christmas
All Offices will be closed Tuesday, December 25, 2018
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Origin
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Destination
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Cut-off (local time zones apply)
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Los Angeles
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Hawaii
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12/21/18 at 1700 for Non-Hazardous
Note: There will be no sailing on Wednesday 12/26/18. Freight received 12/24/18 through 12/28/18 will sail Saturday 12/29/18.
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Los Angeles
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Guam
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12/20/18 at 1700 for Hazardous
12/21/18 at 1700 for Non-Hazardous
Note: The normal Wednesday sailing has been rescheduled to sail Monday 12/24/18.
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Oakland
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Hawaii
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12/19/18 at 1530 for Hazardous
12/20/18 at 1530 for Non-Hazardous
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Oakland
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Guam
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12/18/18 at 1530 for Hazardous
12/19/18 at 1530 for Non-Hazardous
Note: The normal Tuesday sailing has been moved to Thursday 12/20/18, due to the Holiday schedule
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Seattle
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Hawaii
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There will be no sailing on Saturday 12/29/18. Next sailing will be 1/5/19
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Portland
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All
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There will be no sailing on Saturday 12/29/18. Next sailing will be 1/5/19
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New Year’s
All Offices will be closed Tuesday, January 1, 2019
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Origin
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Destination
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Cut-off (local time zones apply)
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Los Angeles
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Hawaii
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1/4/19 at 1700 for Non-Hazardous
1/3/19 at 1700 for Hazardous
Note: There will be no sailing on Wednesday 1/2/19. Freight received 12/31/18 through 1/4/19 will sail Saturday 1/5/19.
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Los Angeles
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Guam
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1/4/19 at 1700 for Hazardous
1/7/19 at 1700 for Non-Hazardous
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Oakland
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Hawaii
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12/28/18 at 1530 for Hazardous
1/2/19 at 1530 for Non-Hazardous
Note: The normal Tuesday sailing has been moved to Thursday 1/3/19, due to the Holiday schedule.
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Oakland
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Guam
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12/26/18 at 1530 for Hazardous
12/27/18 at 1530 for Non-Hazardous
Note: The normal Tuesday sailing has been moved to Friday 12/28/18, due to the Holiday schedule
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Seattle
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Hawaii
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Normal cut-offs apply
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Portland
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All
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Normal cut-offs apply
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For international sailing and holiday cut-off schedules, please visit our website at www.dgxglobal.com.
Hawaii General Rate Increase (GRI)
Matson Navigation Company (“Matson”) announced that in order to offset increasing costs of operation and continuing substantial investment in Hawaii service improvements, Matson’s rates for their Hawaii service will increase by $225 per westbound container and $110 per eastbound container, effective with sailings on or after January 6, 2019.
As a result, our Hawaii rates will increase by like amounts for full container loads. For less-than-container load (LCL) cargo, our individual Customer rates will be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including the commodity, density and current costs. These changes will take effect with shipments sailing on or after January 6, 2019.
Hawaii Delivery Increases
Additionally, due to changing costs in our Hawaii operations, we will be increasing our Hawaii delivery rates and local trucking rates, effective January 1, 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
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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
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10%
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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 and in keeping with our longstanding practice of giving customers 30 days’ notice before rate increases, we will increase our THC rates for Guam and CNMI container shipments January 7, 2019.
The following summarizes this upcoming change:
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
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$ 1257.00
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Breakbulk *
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$ 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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Transshipment to Saipan
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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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$ 468.00
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$ 471.00
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D40/D45
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$ 468.00
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$ 471.00
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Reefers
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$ 468.00
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$ 471.00
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Transshipment to Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau
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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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$ 468.00
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$ 471.00
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D40/D45
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$ 468.00
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$ 471.00
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Reefers
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$ 468.00
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$ 471.00
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*indicates per revenue ton; all others per container
Thank you in advance for your understanding in these matters.
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 partnership, we have earmarked over $17,000 for charity, with 6 more months until the completion of our new warehouse. You can see monthly updates regarding the current length of the beard.
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! Yearend is around the corner, so now is a great time to donate from a tax deduction standpoint. 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 Happy Holiday Season and a prosperous 2019. May 2019 be your best year yet!
Thank you for your business - we appreciate it!