Kanaloa-class freighter

The Kanaloa class is a pair of combination container and roll-on/roll-off ships, Lurline and Matsonia, built for Pacific Ocean service for the shipping line Matson. Matson ordered them in August 2016 from General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, California, at a cost of 511 million dollars, and the design came from a joint venture of NASSCO and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. Each ship is 265 metres long, carries 2,750 containers and has space for up to 800 vehicles. A single MAN diesel engine, which can be modified to burn liquefied natural gas, gives a speed of 23 knots. Construction of Lurline began in November 2017, and she was handed over in December 2019 and entered service the following month, replacing older vessels on the route between the continental United States and Hawaii.