News Updates

DHX - Dependable Hawaiian Express

12/15/2021

Dear Valued Customer,

The following is provided for your information:

Holiday Schedules

The offices listed below will be closed for the holidays as follows:

Please remember that certain offices are across the International Dateline. The dates above are their dates, not the actual U.S. date.

Hawaii Service Rates for 2022

As announced in our Breaking Alert that went out November 23rd, 2021, Matson Navigation Company (“Matson”) announced that to offset rising costs of operation and continuing investment in Hawaii service improvements, Matson’s rates for their Hawaii service will increase by $250 per westbound container and $125 per eastbound container, effective January 2nd, 2022. Intermodal rates for Hawaii cargo service will increase by $350 per westbound container and $175 per eastbound container.

As a result, our Hawaii rates will increase by like amounts for full container loads. For less-than-container load (LCL) cargo, our Customer rates will be raised based on various factors, including the commodity, density, and current costs. These changes will take effect with shipments sailing on or after January 2nd, 2022. Please contact your Salesperson to discuss any adjustments to your rate levels.

As you may already know, the State of Hawaii increases its Wharfage and Facility Security fees in July of each year. Though the amount of the increase is unknown, we anticipate it to be around 3% of the current Hawaii Wharfage and Facility Security charges.

Additionally, due to changing costs in our Hawaii operations, we will be increasing some of our Hawaii delivery pricing and local trucking rates. Our delivery agents in Hilo and Kauai will also increase their delivery rates, and these will take effect on January 2nd, 2022.

Please see the below table for the associated increases by Island:

  Terminal         Increase

  Oahu              0% on Delivery, 10% on Will Call charges, local trucking rates and any accessorial
                         charges

  Maui              0% on Delivery, 5% on Will Call charges, local trucking rates and any accessorial charges

  Kona              5% on all services

  KFS/Kauai      6% on LCL Delivery charges and accessorial charges and 2% on FCL spot rates

  Hitco/Hilo      2% on average Delivery increase – amount varies dependent upon the Zone and shipment
                       size

During 2021 we absorbed numerous fuel surcharge adjustments from Young Brothers pertaining to our InterIsland Consolidation Service. Accordingly, on January 2nd, 2022 our InterIsland rates will increase 5% to help offset the increased InterIsland costs of carriage.

Guam, CNMI, and Micronesia Service Rates for 2022

As announced in our Breaking Alert that went out December 8th, 2021, Matson Navigation Company (“Matson”) announced that in order to offset rising costs of operation and continuing investment in their service improvements, Matson’s rates for their Guam and CNMI service will increase by the following increments effective January 30th, 2022:

West Bound                                                East Bound

Per Container               $250                       Per Container                 $250                

Intermodal container    $350                       Intermodal container      $350

W/M                             $11                          W/M                                $11

Vehicle                         $50                          Vehicle                           $50

Hazardous Cargo         $25                         Hazardous Cargo           $25

Detention (per day)      $2 per 20’, 40X or 45’container and $4 per 40R container

Matson’s rates for Micronesia will increase by the following increments, effective February 6th, 2022:

West Bound                                                 East Bound

D20 Container              $200                       D20 Container              $300

D40 Container              $300                       D40 Container              $300             

Vehicle                          $50                         Vehicle                          $50

Hazardous Cargo         $25                         Hazardous Cargo          $25

Detention (per day)      $2 per 20’, 40X or 45’container and $4 per 40R container

As a result, our Guam, CNMI and Micronesia rates will increase by like amounts for full container loads. For less-than-container load (LCL) cargo, our Customer rates will be raised based on various factors, including the commodity, density, and current costs. These changes will take effect for Guam and CNMI with shipments sailing on or after January 30th, 2022 and for Micronesia, shipments sailing on or after February 6th, 2022. Please contact your Salesperson to discuss any adjustments to your rate levels.

At this time no adjustment will be made to the terminal handling charge (THC) for 2022.

DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express Holiday Schedules and Cutoffs

• Out of Southern California, during the week of Christmas, the cutoff for non-hazardous freight to Hawaii will be 5:00 pm PST Thursday, December 23rd. Hazardous freight received Wednesday, December 22nd and Thursday, December 23nd will roll and sail the following Wednesday, December 29th. The cutoff for hazardous freight to Guam will be 5:00 pm PST Wednesday, December 22nd and for non-hazardous freight 5:00 pm PST Monday, December 27th for the Wednesday, December 29th sail. During the week of New Year’s, the cutoff for non-hazardous freight to Hawaii will be 5:00 pm PST Thursday, December 30th. Hazardous freight received Wednesday, December 29th and Thursday, December 30th will roll and sail the following Wednesday, January 5th. The cutoff for hazardous freight to Guam will be 5:00 pm PST Wednesday, December 29th and for non-hazardous freight 5:00 pm PST Monday, January 3rd for the Wednesday, January 5th sail.
  
  
• Out of Northern California, during the week of Christmas the cutoff for hazardous freight and for non-hazardous freight to Hawaii will be 3:30 pm PST Monday, December 20th, to Guam the cutoff for hazardous freight and for non-hazardous freight will be 3:30 pm PST Monday, December 20th for the Wednesday, December 22nd sail. All cargo received on Tuesday the 21st, Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd of Decemberwill be loaded for the following week’s sailing on Wednesday, December 29th. During the week of New Year’s, the cutoff for hazardous and non-hazardous freight to Hawaii will be 3:30 pm PST Monday, December 27th. The cutoff for non-hazardous freight to Guam will be 3:30 pm PST Monday, December 27th for the Wednesday, December 29th Hazardous freight for Guam will sail the following week Tuesday, January 4th
  
  
• Out of Portland,during the week of Christmas the cutoff for hazardous freight to Hawaii will be 10:00 am PST Monday, December 20th and for non-hazardous freight 2:00 pm PST Tuesday, December 21st.
  
  
• Out of Seattle, the cutoff for hazardous freightto Hawaii will be 10:00 am PST Tuesday, December 21st and for non-hazardous freight, 10:00 am PST Wednesday, December 22nd for sailing on Tuesday, December 28th. All cargo received after December 23rd will be loaded for the following sail, which will be Saturday, January 8th, 2022. There will not be a sailing out of Seattle on Saturday, January 1st, 2022.

Coronavirus

There is so much news available, we felt it was really not necessary to comment other than to state that from the U.S. Mainland there have been no delays impacting Hawaii or Guam. Shipments exporting from Asia may still experience delays as the ocean carriers cancel sailings and air freight capacity is still somewhat limited.

At DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express we have an Emergency Response Plan in place to ensure your shipments and our services will continue in spite of the virus. This plan includes our Associates and Management working from home, as well as providing us all with as safe a workplace as we can under the circumstances. Our goal is to continue to serve you with the excellent service to which you are accustomed. We are working both hard and smart to be part of your solution during these difficult times!

Warehousing and Storage

We have palletized goods storage capabilities in Honolulu, Maui, Kona and Guam. Our customers are able to monitor inventory levels, ship an order with same day/next day delivery, and use our facilities as a potential “back of the store”. You can increase your retail selling space or free up your workspace in your existing facility and have supplies arrive as you need them. For further information, please contact Eli Forkner at 800-488-4888 extension 1740.

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 other social media pages, where we share company items we believe are newsworthy.

We hope you all have a happy and healthy holiday season. We look forward to a prosperous 2022 together! May 2022 be the best year yet for you and your loved ones!

Thank you for your business - we appreciate it!