Matson Industry leading expertise, resources, and reliability.

• Date: 01 June 2022
• Published date: 01 June 2022

Matson, Inc. plays a crucial role in Hawaii Alaska, Guam, and the other regions where it operates. The company's ships transport essential cargo that people depend on to sustain their lives. As such, Matson is committed to providing good--and easy--solutions to meet the needs of the markets it serves. "Our mission is to move freight better than anyone," says Bal Dreyfus, Matson's senior vice president, Alaska.

Founded in San Francisco in 1882, Matson (NYSE: MATX) is a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services in and around the Pacific. With 4,200 employees managing logistics across multiple time zones, the company provides a critical lifeline to the non-contiguous US economies of Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam, as well as to other island economies in Micronesia. Matson also operates premium, expedited services from China to the US West Coast; provides service to Okinawa, Japan and various islands in the South Pacific; and operates an international export service from Dutch Harbor to Asia.

Matson, Inc. moves freight primarily through two divisions: ocean transportation and logistics. The company conducts ocean transportation services through its wholly owned subsidiary, Matson Navigation Company, Inc. (Matson), and logistics services through Matson Logistics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary established in 1987 Matson Logistics stretches the geographic reach of Matson's transportation network throughout North America with...