[1] The company was established in 1991 when Teremoana Tapi Taio purchased a damaged boat, the Acadia, in Rarotonga and obtained a shipping licence.

[2] In September 2005 the Manu Nui ran out of fuel and drifted while travelling from Pukapuka to Rarotonga, after failing to refuel.

[6] In October 2010 the MV Te Kou Maru II was stranded on the reef at Mauke.

[7] In January 2017 the newly purchased MV Moana Nui was wrecked on a reef in Nassau.

[11] In September 2019 all of the company's ships were detained by the Cook Islands Ministry of Transport after a child was lost overboard from the MV Lady Moana while travelling from Rakahanga to Rarotonga.