In 1908, the first Matson passenger vessel joined its fleet, and elegant white ships were soon sailing people from Los Angeles and San Francisco to this new tourist destination called Hawaii.

Visitors to Honolulu can now step back in time to an era when ocean liners linked Hawaii to the mainland, and passengers, including the rich and famous, fashionably made the most of their five-day ...

A few months ago I asked my readers to share their stories about Matson’s Great White Fleet. Most talked about coming to Hawaii, seeing Diamond Head for the first time and being greeted with ...

When most people in Hawaii think about Matson Inc. these days, they probably don’t think back to how rich the company’s history is here and how it more than ship in food and materials to help ...