Shipping your household goods in fully protected steel-constructed ocean containers is the proven method to safeguard your valued belongings during ocean transit. Our rates are calculated on a per-container basis. Price depends on the overall length of the ocean container you choose and the type of service you select. Matson offers three types of service: door to door, door to port and port to port.

Door to Door – Matson can arrange for a container to be dropped off at your home or business, picked up when you have finished packing the container and delivered to your new location. With this service we plan the trucking and ocean transit for you. All you have to do is pack your valuables in the container

Door to Port – Matson can manage your ocean transit and arrange for trucking on one side of the move (i.e. Mainland, Hawaii or Guam ). All you do is pack your container and arrange for trucking to or from the port on the other side of the move

Port to Port – If you plan to arrange your own trucking to and from the ports, Matson will manage the ocean transit part of your move between the mainland and Hawaii.

Matson affords you the opportunity to ship your personal auto or boat with your household goods in the same container, or if you choose, you may deliver your vehicle directly to our port facility. Shipping your boat or vehicle in your household goods container may require an additional charge. To obtain more information about port to port service for your vehicle click here.

To obtain a free estimate for your move fill out our request-an-estimate form or call our customer service representative at 1 888 5-matson

Our customer service representatives can take your credit card payment over the phone or you can mail your payment to Matson Navigation – Accounts Receivable at 4605 E. Elwood Street, Phoenix Arizona 85040, Suite 600. Payments are also accepted at the port. The following payment methods are accepted:

• Cashiers check
• Travelers check
• Bank or postal money order
• Cash
• Credit card - Master Card, VISA or Discover – Card holder must be present if paying at the port
• Sorry, no personal checks are accepted

Please note:

• Payment must be received prior to the delivery of empty equipment and subsequent delivery to port or rail
• Shipment number must be noted on your payment

Matson offers Full Container Load service (FCL) and will provide you with a clean, empty ocean container for loading your personal household goods.

	Inside Length: Inside Width: Inside Height: Door Opening: Cubic Capacity:   19'4" 7'6" 7'8" 7'6"W x 7'4"H 1,172 ft.
	Inside Length: Inside Width: Inside Height: Door Opening: Cubic Capacity:   39'6" 7'9" 7'10" 7'8"W x 7'6"H 2,387 ft.
	Inside Length: Inside Width: Inside Height: Door Opening: Cubic Capacity:   39'5" 7'8" 8'10" 7'8"W x 8'6"H 2,686 ft.
	Inside Length: Inside Width: Inside Height: Door Opening: Cubic Capacity:  44'5" 7'6" 8'10" 7'8"W x 8'6"H 3,030 ft.
Note: As a point of reference, the furnishings of an average 3-bedroom home will likely fill a 20-foot container. Please measure all your furniture, boxes and other cargoes to determine the container that will meet your need. Container cubic capacity is figured by multiplying the inside length x width x height in inches and dividing that sum by 1728 the number of cubic inches in one cubic foot.

There are two ways you may receive a container for loading:

1. You can arrange for a UIIA approved trucking company to deliver a Matson container and pick it up after you have loaded your personal household goods
   
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2. You can allow Matson to arrange for a trucker to deliver a container to your home or business

The container will be delivered to you on a chassis (wheels) raising the container floor about four feet above the ground. Matson does not provide ramps or lift-gates, tie-downs or packing materials for loading.

If you choose to coordinate your own trucking, please be sure to ask the trucking company if they are a Uniform Intermodal Interchange Agreement approved carrier. If they are unsure about their interchange status, please have them contact the UIIA at 1-877-438-8442 or visit the UIIA web-site at www.uiia.org

Trucking charges must be paid directly to the trucking company you have chosen.

When the liner vessel arrives at its destination port, your personal household goods shipment will be discharged and placed in our container yard and you or your designated trucker will be notified that the container is available for pickup.

Once your container is discharged from the vessel at the destination port, Matson allows you free time for use of the container. On the mainland, Matson provides 48 hours to pick-up your container from our container yard. In Hawaii and Guam, Matson allows 10-days free-time to pick-up, unload and return the container empty to the Matson container yard. Free time in Hawaii begins with the first midnight following availability of your personal household goods shipment. After the free time expires, daily port storage or container detention charges will accrue. If you are arranging your own trucking we highly recommend you have your trucker of choice pick up your personal household goods shipment within the allotted free time to avoid costly daily charges

Mainland:

Full Container-load service is offered to or from Long Beach, San Diego or Oakland, CA, Portland, OR and Seattle, WA.

Hawaii:

Full Container-load service is offered to or from Honolulu, Hilo, Kawaihae, Kahului, Nawiliwili and the island of Molokai. Unfortunately service is only offered to and not from the island of Lanai.

Guam:

Full Container-load service is offered to and from Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Rota, Palau, Yap, Chuuk and Phonpei.