Pasha Hawaii
Pasha Hawaii is an American shipping company specializing in trade between Hawaii and the continental United States. It is part of the Pasha Group based in San Rafael, California. The president and CEO of the company is George W. Pasha, IV.
, the company provided the largest transportation between the contiguous United States and Hawaii. The company owned six active vessels. The company specializes in the maritime transport and distribution of shipping containers, automobiles, trucks, trailers, mafi roll trailers, heavy construction machineries and further types of static and rolling freight.
History
The company's roots to Hawaii started during WWII when the troops needed storage services. To accommodate these needs, a station was set up in San Francisco 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. The firm dates back to 1949,. 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 Pacific Coast and began Pasha Hawaii in 1999. After creating the company they produced their first ship, M/V Jean Anne.
In 2004, the firm commissioned the Jean Anne, a roll-on roll-off vessel. In 2015, the firm commissioned the Marjorie C a vessel with features of both a container vessel and ro-ro.
In 2015 the company also purchased competing shipping company Horizon Lines.
Pasha Hawaii was providing its Horizon Spirit to help in the Puerto Rico relief effort after Hurricane Maria. The ship transported hundreds of containers from Long Beach, California, to the Caribbean island that was so devastated by Hurricane Maria.
In 2015, the firm purchased competing shipping firm, Horizon Lines's, Hawaii operations.
In 2017 the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots filed a complaint against Pasha Hawaii, before the National Labor Relations Board. They asserted Pasha Hawaii was designing two new vessels without sharing blueprints with their organization.
Then later in 2018 the company announced the conversion to LNG with the building of two new ships.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported, on September 19, 2017, that Pasha Hawaii announced it had ordered two new vessels to be completed in 2020. Per their report, a third shipping company, TOTE Incorporated, had announced that it too would be offering a service between Hawaii and the continental USA, competing with Pasha Hawaii and Matson.