The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes, and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Except for historical information, the statements made in this Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe-harbor
provisions of the Private Security Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements may be contained in, among other things,
This report, and other statements that the Company may make, may contain forward-looking statements with respect to the Company's future financial, business or ESG performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as "trend," "potential," "opportunity," "pipeline," "believe," "comfortable," "expect," "anticipate," "current," "intention," "estimate," "position," "assume," "outlook," "continue," "remain," "maintain," "sustain," "seek," "achieve," "design," "goal," "plan," or similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," "may" or similar expressions.
The Company cautions that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous
assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time, including, but not
limited to, the risk factors that are described in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk
Factors" of Matson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
OVERVIEW
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations ("MD&A") is designed to provide a discussion of the Company's
financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and certain other factors
that may affect its future results from the perspective of management. The
discussion that follows is intended to provide information that will assist in
understanding the changes in the Company's financial statements from period to
period, the primary factors that accounted for those changes, and how certain
accounting principles, policies and estimates affect the Company's financial
statements. MD&A is provided as a supplement to the Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements and notes herein, and should be read in conjunction with
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
THIRD QUARTER 2021 DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON BUSINESS CONDITIONS
Ocean Transportation: The Company's container volume in the
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voyages and one from an extra loader. Volume demand in the quarter was driven by e-commerce, garments and other goods. Matson continued to realize a significant rate premium in the third quarter 2021 and achieved average freight rates that were considerably higher than in the year ago period. Currently, supply chain congestion continues in the Transpacific tradelane with the combination of ongoing elevated consumption trends, inventory restocking, and bottlenecks at critical points for both ocean and overland transportation. We expect these conditions to remain largely in place at least through mid-year 2022.
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(i) the addition of volume from the Alaska-Asia Express, (ii) higher northbound
volume primarily due to an additional sailing and higher retail-related demand,
and (iii) higher southbound volume. In the near-term, we expect improving
economic trends in
The contribution in the third quarter 2021 from the Company's SSAT joint venture
investment was
Logistics: In the third quarter 2021, operating income for the Company's
Logistics segment was
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