Matson Navigation Co. said it plans to raise the basic shipping rate and terminal handling charge on containers bound for Hawaii by $295, or roughly 10 percent for an average container, on Jan. 2.
The state’s largest ocean cargo company said the base rate increase — which is $120 per westbound container and $60 per eastbound container — works out to an average hike of 3.8 percent per container. The terminal handling charges will go up by $175 per westbound container to $1,025, a 20.6 percent rise, and $85 per eastbound container.