Fact Sheet

Description:

Santa Maria is a U.S. owned company that will offer bi-monthly container cargo service between California and Hawai´i. The company will operate a Jones Act service, which requires that any ship operating in domestic ports be U.S.-built, U.S.-crewed and U.S.-owned.

One 300-foot, state-of-the-art container ships with a capacity of 300 20-foot containers per trip.

Vessel features:

• Modern electronics system to enhance competitive operations
• The vessels are designed to carry 20-foot containers
• Bow-thruster and advanced rudder maneuverability to expedite docking
• Fuel-efficient, medium speed diesel engines with a modern pollution control system
• A hull design that maximizes the number of loaded containers while enhancing hydrodynamics for speed and fuel efficiency
• Shipboard cranes to facilitate neighbor island service
• Six day transit from the Mainland

Six days

18 knots service speed

Bi-monthly

Will service Hawai´i and West Coast shippers seeking competitive service
Also see our Greenships proposal for the 2009 Marine Highway Initiative

Stas Margaronis

Santa Rosa, California

www.santamariashipping.com

www.santamariasteel.com

www.greenships.org

www.savemareislandshipbuilding.com

Published on the Web by Coconut Info

1998

10-member team comprised of shipping representatives from Denmark, Holland, Greece, Finland, Norway, United States and the United Kingdom

Currently seeking