Inbound Logistics | June 2026

LogistIcs In HawaII: SUSTAINING SUPPLY CHAINS

Honolulu Freight Service (HFS) purchased the former Love’s Bakery location on Middle Street in Honolulu. The site will serve as the company’s headquarters and 92,400-square-foot Honolulu operations center (rendering above) .

lines and carriers. The 60,000-square-foot facility features 14 dock-high doors, ramp access, and quick access to the freeway. The operations department runs 24/7, and customer service is located on-site. PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK With an emphasis on serving Hawaii with state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure, HFS offers a comprehensive network of all-points less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload (TL), and inter-/multimodal services (steamship, barge, rail, and air) throughout all 50 U.S. states, as well as specialized services, warehousing, and equipment. HFS is the largest less-than- container (LCL) freight forwarder in Hawaii, with the volume to efciently direct load shipments to and from all islands. Three years ago, the company purchased the former Love’s Bakery location on Middle Street in Honolulu, which will serve as the company’s headquarters and 92,400-square-foot Honolulu operations center. The company’s success has been achieved by building a tradition of

under a company called Yuma Merchants Express. The freight included cargo bound for Honolulu. When some truckers were unwilling to deliver cargo headed for Hawaii to the docks in southern California, Paul Beidleman launched another company, United Drayage, to handle the work. Notably, this occurred more than 20 years before Hawaii became a state. “We’ve built decades of trust and enjoy many long relationships,” says James Beidleman, the founder’s grandson and today’s president and CEO. The company’s Hawaii footprint is substantial. HFS owns and operates one of the largest Oahu trucking operations and a diverse warehousing service, ensuring optimum intra- and inter- island service. HFS provides partial and full container load services and offers short- term warehousing. In addition, the company provides refrigerated pickup and delivery from three U.S. West Coast port areas to Hawaii. Honolulu Freight Service Honolulu, the company’s terminal, is located less than two miles from major steamship

superior service and cost-effective solutions for every customer. Through its growing network of asset-based trucking companies, state-of-the-art terminals, warehouses, logistics technologies, and detailed tracking information, HFS can provide visibility and shipment information over land, air, and sea. Complementing the HFS inter-island cold chain container movements are daily inter-island airfreight movements. This service is a function of the company’s Oahu-based trucking division (XPress Trucking). Inter-island airfreight moves through TSA-approved facilities, providing same-day transportation of products between each of the Hawaiian Islands. In addition to Honolulu, HFS terminal locations include Tacoma, Washington; Los Angeles and Oakland, California; Portland, Oregon; and Guam. A spirit of innovation continues to drive the company. From the earliest days of using bright stickers to quickly identify packaged goods as they came off the ship, followed by plywood containers to minimize damage, to today’s state-of-the-art terminal and

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