The sugar transportation ship Moku Pahu left Kahului nurture in Maui last Friday lugging the last freight of sugar created by the Hawaiian Commercial & &Sugar Company, noting completion of an age for sugar manufacturing in the Hawaiian Islands.

The Hawaiian Commercial & &Sugar Company (HC&S) was established in 1870 and also expanded to end up being Hawaii’s biggest sugarcane cultivator with its 36,000 acre hacienda onMaui In January HC&S moms and dad business Alexander & & Baldwin,Inc introduced it was transitioning out of the sugar service to seek a much more varied farming version for its Maui hacienda after the business reported an operating loss of $15 million in its agriculture in 2015. Final sugar procedures were arranged to be eliminated by the end of 2016.

“A&B’s roots literally began with the planting of sugar cane on 570 acres in Makawao, Maui, 145 years ago,” claimed Stanley M. Kuriyama, A&B exec chairman, back in January when it introduced the modifications. “Much of the state’s population would not be in Hawaii today, myself included, if our grandparents or great-grandparents had not had the opportunity to work on the sugar plantations. A&B has demonstrated incredible support for HC&S over these many years, keeping our operation running for 16 years after the last sugar company on Maui closed its doors. We have made every effort to avoid having to take this action.”

To transportation sugar from Maui, HC&S has actually made use of the 33-year-old Moku Pahu, an incorporated yank and also barge to carry mass and also raw sugar and also molasses from Kahului Harbor to the California & &Hawaiian Sugar Company (C&H) refinery on the San Francisco Bay inCalifornia

An fascinating letter from the Maku Pahu’s captain was published today by Mauinow.com:

Everyone,

I intended to take this moment to share simply exactly how deeply touched I went to the sendoff you all provided us today. I have actually been cruising currently for 26 years and also over 20 of it has actually been happily offered aboard this Mighty Moku Pahu as a component of the happy Hawaiian sugar profession. My heart swelled with satisfaction and also delight, and also I am not also happy to confess that my eyes expanded watery as we pulled back from the berth and also the whole harbor pulled up to align and also admire the Pahu as she made right here last separation out of the harbor. I have actually come across a 21 weapon salute however that was the very first time I ever before experienced a 21 horn and also whistle salute. To see everybody on the dock and also throughout the harbor simply standing and also seeing us off with all the chauffeurs aligned in their lorries shrieking their horns together with the Matson yank, it was a wonderful minute for an aging ship and also her aging captain. Even the paddle boarders were all aligned simply seeing us leave today. My team was recognized and also most of us understand this will certainly be an occasion in our lives that we will certainly always remember.

Personally, I have actually been recognized to be able to be a component of the 145 year age that was Hawaiian sugar. The mass of my job has actually been dealing with the last Hawaiian sugar ship and also the last 13.5 years I have actually been the happy captain of the last Hawaiian sugar ship. No issue where my job takes me, I will certainly constantly consider myself a sugar captain. You constantly made me seem like I belonged of the sugar household and also the Kahului nurture household. The relationships that created for many years will certainly never ever be failed to remember, and also I will certainly treasure the moment I had dealing with you all. The finishing of Hawaiian sugar is unfortunate, however the saddest component for me will certainly be not dealing with every one of you any longer.

When I discover myself back on Maui (I will certainly need to return due to the fact that it resembles a 2nd house to me) I will certainly look you all up to make sure that we can eat, take pleasure in a great drink, and also inform tale regarding the old sugar days.

I can never ever thanks sufficient for the honor I pitied the wonderful sendoff you provided us.

Mahalo to you all, and also everybody remain healthy and balanced and also risk-free

Until we see each various other once more,

Aloha

Capt Lou

And Rob