The Kanaloa class is a pair of combination container and roll on/roll off ships built for Pacific Ocean service for Matson.
Matson ordered the ships in August 2016 from General Dynamics NASSCO, a shipbuilder in San Diego, California, at a cost of $511 million.
[5] Matsonia was launched and formally named in July 2020, with an expected delivery late in the year.
[1][4] The Kanaloa class ships were designed by a joint venture of General Dynamics NASSCO and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
[7] Each ship has a containerized cargo capacity of 2,750 TEUs, and 9,650 square metres (103,900 sq ft) of interior space for up to 800 vehicles.