Matson fast shipping
Matson shipping line, as the fastest shipping company on the route from China to the west of the United States（It is also the fastest sea shipping from China to USA）, enjoys a very high reputation in the cross-border logistics industry.
Why is Matson fast shipping more expensive than other Clippers?
The Matson Shipping is the highest in the West-West shipping, especially the price of the regular Matson liner is about twice that of the ordinary Clipper.
However, the cross-border e-commerce industry is equally popular, which is determined by three aspects: Matson’s own service advantages, Matson’s high operating costs, and the scarcity of the market.
1. Service advantages of Matson fast shipping
In most cases, Matson Shipping’s fast and stable timeliness is better than that of other shipping lines, including the efficiency of unloading and picking up containers at the destination port terminal.
Especially in the peak season and when the port is blocked, the efficiency of the regular ship route CLX is basically not affected, but there may be delays in choosing other routes.
Arriving at the port at 11:00, pick up the cabinets the next day (almost no difference throughout the year), so that cross-border e-commerce replenishment plans can always meet their expectations.
2. Matson fast shipping have high operating costs
The Matson Shipping route uses small container ships of 2600-3653 TEU, which cannot be compared with medium and large container ships of 10,000-20,000 TEU. Small container ships have high speed and high fuel consumption
Due to weather and other reasons, the speed must be adjusted to ensure the timeliness of navigation, and the transportation cost per TEU is high.
Regular ships on the CLX route are unloaded at the Matson fast shipping Independent Wharf, and other ships cannot be unloaded at this wharf. There is no risk of congested ports, but it also increases the cost of container shipping operations.
3. The scarcity of Matson fast shipping space in the market
Matson Shipping are basically small container ships, especially regular ships with 2600-3653TEU. Due to the relatively small number of loaded containers, the loading and unloading actions can be completed quickly, but there are not many cabinets that can be loaded in one water ship.
For example, a 40-foot container = 2TEU, and there are more than 1,000 containers in one ship. If it is the three ships MAUNAWILI (MWI), MANUKAI (MKI), and MANULANI (MLI) that week, they only have a loading capacity of 2600TEU, which directly reduces the space for 500 large containers.
Traditional customs will take half of it, and the remaining half will be reserved for cross-border companies, and large companies will take part, leaving only a few shipping spaces for other freight forwarding companies.
Therefore, during the peak season, the space is even tighter, and the price naturally remains high.
Vessel name voyage of Matson fast shipping CLX route
1. KAIMANA HILA (KMH), ship capacity 3653TEU
2. MAUNAWILI (MWI), ship capacity 2600TEU
3. DANIEL K. INOUYE (DKI), ship capacity 3600TEU
4. MANUKAI (MKI), ship capacity 2600TEU
5.MANULANI (MLI), ship capacity 2600TEU
Matson CLX+ ship name voyage
1. MATSON NIIHAU (MNX), ship capacity 2848TEU. Owner Charter Vessel, ship registration Marshall Islands
2. MATSON MAUI (MMX), ship capacity 4253TEU, ship owner Charter Vessel, ship registration Singapore
3. MATSON OAHU (MOX), ship capacity 3461TEU, ship owner Charter Vessel, ship registration Marshall Islands
4. MATSON LANAI (LNX), ship capacity 4250TEU, ship owner Charter Vessel, ship registration Marshall Islands
5. MATSON HAWAII (MHX), ship 4360TEU, owner Charter Vessel, ship registration Liberia
6. MATSON MOLOKAI (MLX), ship 2824TEU, owner Charter Vessel, ship registration Liberia
Route characteristics of Matson CLX/CLX+
CLX route: Ningbo – Shanghai – Long Beach – Honolulu – Guam – Okinawa – Ningbo
11 days by boat from Shanghai to Long Beach
CLX+ route: Ningbo – Shanghai – Alaska – Long Beach Port – Ningbo
11 days by boat from Shanghai to Long Beach
