Matson Alaska

Photo from Matson’s web site offering service to Alaska. Matson has earmarked more than USD 30 million to invest in new equipment planned by Horizon prior to its acquisition.

U. S. carrier Matson, Inc. is pushing ahead with its plans to fund improvements in its new Alaska operations following its acquisition of Horizon Lines’ Alaska services.

Equipment upgrades to be made over the next three months include: 2,000 new standard 40-foot dry containers for general cargo, a new 65-ton gantry crane, which will be the largest in Alaska, for Kodiak Terminal, 430 new insulated containers for winter operations and 2 new Kenworth tractors for Anchorage Terminal container positioning.

In addition, Matson has scheduled work to install new exhaust scrubber systems on the three former Horizon D7 Class vessels it now operates in Alaska, with each vessel going into dry dock for three months, one after another, starting in September. Matson said it would deploy a reserve container ship during the installation period to prevent any disruption to its twice weekly service from Tacoma to Anchorage and Kodiak and weekly service to Dutch Harbor.

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