Company Overview

Young Brothers, Limited's Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide the best inter-island freight handling and transportation services, through our involved, dedicated, and skilled people, delivering excellent customer service, in order to achieve long-term profitability and success.

 

Service to Hawaii Since 1900

In 1900, Herbert, William and Jack Young arrived in Honolulu to start a "bumboat" business called Young Brothers.

Thirteen years later the firm was incorporated as Young Brothers, Limited, and expanded to provide ocean towing, rescue service and barge transportation between the islands. It got its start by providing ocean transportation services between Oahu and Molokai. Later, to separate harbor operations and charter activities from Young Brothers' interisland freight operations, Hawaiian Tug & Barge was formed as a sister company.

In 1999, Saltchuk Resources, Inc. of Seattle, Washington, the parent company of Foss Maritime, acquired Young Brothers and selected assets of Hawaiian Tug & Barge. In 2013 Hawaiian Tug & Barge was rebranded, and incorporated into the Foss Maritime fleet, while Young Brothers remains a wholly own subsidiary of Foss.

For more than a century, Young Brothers has grown to become Hawaii's foremost inter-island freight handling and transportation company. With its involved, dedicated and skilled people and full fleet of barges, tugs, and shoreside equipment, it offers fast, frequent and reliable service to the ports of Nawiliwili on Kauai, Kahului on Maui, Kaunakakai on Molokai, Kaumalapau on Lanai, Honolulu on Oahu, and Hilo and Kawaihae on the Island of Hawaii. The vessels assigned to Young Brothers include:

Current Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA)

7.35%

Barges

Ho'omaka Hou

a barge with a 11,700-ton capacity

Ha‘aheo

a barge with a 11,700-ton capacity

Kamaluhia

a barge with a 7,240-ton capacity

Maka'ala

a barge with a 11,700-ton capacity

Kaholo

an auto barge with a 5,600-ton capacity

Kukahi

a barge with a 7,300-ton capacity

Kala'enalu

a barge with a 11,700-ton capacity

Tugs

Hokulani

a 4,100-horsepower twin
screw tug

Hoku Loa

a 3,900-horsepower twin
screw tug

Hoku Ke'a

a 3,900-horsepower twin
screw tug

Moana Holo

a 3,000-horsepower twin
screw tug

Manuokekai

a 3,900-horsepower twin screw kort tug

Today, Young Brothers 340 employees are happy to assist you in transporting your goods throughout Hawaii.

Young Brothers, Limited's commitment and dedication to quality service has become a Hawaiian tradition.

 

Young Brothers: 100 Years of Service (Zip file w/PDF)

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