Pasha Hawaii is an American

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company specializing in the trade between

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

and the

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. The Current President and CEO of the company is George W. Pasha, IV.

Overview

The firm dates back to 1949, and it is now part of Pasha Group, based in

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. It provides the largest transportation between the USA and Hawaii, the company owns 6 active vessels. In 2004, the firm commissioned the '' Jean Anne'', a

roll-on roll-off Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

vessel. In 2015, the firm commissioned the ''

Marjorie C Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled as Margery or Marjory. Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram. It came into English from the Old Frenc ...

'' a vessel with features of both a container vessel and ro-ro. In 2015, the firm purchased competing shipping firm

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's Hawaii operations. In 2017 the

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(MM&P) filed a complaint against Pasha Hawaii, before the

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(NLRB). They asserted Pasha Hawaii was designing two new vessels without sharing blueprints with their organization. The ''

Honolulu Star-Advertiser The ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser'' is the largest daily newspaper in Hawaii, formed in 2010 with the merger of ''The Honolulu Advertiser'' and the ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'' after the acquisition of the former by Black Press, which already owned the ...

'' reported, on September 19, 2017, that Pasha Hawaii announced it had ordered two new vessels, to be completed in 2020. It noted that a third shipping company, TOTE Incorporated, had announced it too would be offering a service between Hawaii and the continental USA, competing with Pasha Hawaii and Matson. As of today, the company specializes in the maritime transport and distribution of

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, automobiles, trucks, trailers,

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s, heavy construction machineries and further types of static and rolling freight.

History

The company's roots to Hawaii started during

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when the troops needed storage services. To accommodate these needs, a station was set up in

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to help the deployed troops. George W. Pasha, the founder, had a large amount of acquired knowledge about the automotive industry and started the company after seeing the demand for storage and transportation. His son George W. Pasha, III, realized the potential of the company and helped formed the company into what it is today. The company realized that there was a need for shipping goods from Hawaii to and from the

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and began Pasha Hawaii in 1999. After creating the company they produced their first ship, M/V Jean Anne. The M/V Marjorie was added to the fleet in 2015 due to the high demand of more shipping between their routes. In 2015 the company also purchased competing shipping company

. Then later in 2018 the company announced the conversion to

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with the building of two new ships.

Fleet

The 579-foot ''Jean Anne'' was commissioned in 2004 as the company's first ship. The ''Jean Anne'' is a

ro-ro Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or usin ...

, a ship designed specifically to carry vehicles. The $90 million ship was designed to carry 3,000 vehicles on each trip. Its ports of call include

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Kahului Kahului () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It hosts the county's main airport (Kahului Airport), deep-draft harbor, light industrial areas, and commercial shopping centers. The population was 26,337 ...

and

Hilo Hilo () is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Hawaii (island), Island of Hawaii. The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 United ...

. The 692-foot ''Marjorie C'' was commissioned in 2015 as the company's second ship. The Marjorie C is a con-ro, a hybrid ro-ro with the ability to carry

containerized Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers). Containerization is also referred as "Container Stuffing" or "Container Loading", which is the pro ...

cargo as well as vehicles. The ship can carry 1,200 vehicles and 1,400 TEUs of containers. The ship's ports of call include

and

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, usually carrying 30 percent cars, 10 percent oversized items, and 60 percent containers. Additionally, Pasha Hawaii operates several container ships, including the ''Horizon Enterprise'', ''Horizon Reliance'', ''Horizon Pacific'' and ''Horizon Spirit''. Two new ''Ohana''-class vessels were scheduled to enter service in late 2020, but as of March 2021 they are not listed on the company's website. These ships will have a capacity of 2,525 TEUs of containers and

Liquefied natural gas Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the volu ...

(LNG)-powered propulsion systems built by

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. These will be the first LNG-powered vessels to operate between Hawaii and the West Coast.

Gallery

Marjorie C arrives in San Diego, 2015-05-21 (17763932620).jpg, Pasha Hawaii calls the ''

'' a ''" con-ro"'' vessel, a hybrid vessel that combines

features with storage space for TEU

. Pasha Hawaii shipping container.jpg, Pasha Hawaii's shipping container in

Kailua Kona Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. It is also known as Kailua (a name it shares with a community located on the windward side of Oahu), as Kona (a name it shares ...

Jean Ann.jpg, Pasha ship Jean Anne

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