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Matson hikes West Coast rates

Matson Navigation Co. said yesterday it will raise rates for its West Coast-Guam/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands service by $125 per container, and boost its West Coast terminal handling charge by $25 per container.

Both increases go into effect on June 6.

The Guam/CNMI increase marks only the second time that Matson has taken any rate action -- other than terminal handling fees and fuel surcharges -- for those areas since service was inaugurated in 1996.

Matson also said Guam/CNMI rates for moving vehicles will increase by $25.

Matson said its West Coast terminal handling charge will rise to $125 per container from $100 and that the terminal handling charge for vehicles will go up to $35 from $30 per vehicle.

Hawaii Pacific Health names chief

The next president and chief executive officer of Hawaii Pacific Health will be Chuck Sted, who takes over July 1. The company's board of directors approved Sted's appointment and named David Pietsch Jr. as its new chairman.

Sted will succeed Roger Drue, whose retirement is effective that day. Pietsch takes over from Jack Tsui who has been a volunteer board member for more than 15 years and who will remain active with the board.

Since 2001, Sted has been executive vice president and chief financial officer of Hawaii Pacific Health. He joined the group holding those titles with Kapiolani Medical Center.

Maui Land appoints two execs

Maui Land & Pineapple Co., which has overhauled its executive ranks since David Cole took over as chairman, president and chief executive officer last October, announced the appointment yesterday of two new executives.

Thomas Selby was selected as vice president/finance of Kapalua Land Co. Ltd. while Fred Rickert was named vice president/finance of Maui Pineapple Co. Ltd. Both appointments at the MLP subsidiaries will be effective Monday.

Selby is a former vice president/finance for Castle & Cooke Resorts LLC on Lanai. Rickert is a former chief financial officer for the Port of Oakland in California.

Marc, Island Colony part ways

Hotel operator Marc Resorts is parting ways with the Island Colony condo-hotel in Waikiki.

The building's owners association, Island Colony Partners, said it will take over certain management and marketing functions while subcontracting others.

The two sides are ending an agreement under which Marc Resorts managed and marketed about one-third of the rooms in the high-rise property. Marc Resorts Executive Vice President Paul Tomonari said the agreement will cease June 1.

Steel framing conference kicks off

The fourth annual Pacific Rim Steel Framing Conference will take place April 22-25 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort with a program of seminars as well as a golf tournament.

Presented in conjunction with the Build & Buy Green 2004 Conference, the steel framing gathering will focus on steel's combination of eco-friendliness and durability. Seminars also will deal with recent advances in steel products and building techniques.

For information and to register, go to www.hawaiisteel.com or call 485-1400.

Labor to continue fight against overtime rules

The nation's biggest labor federation vowed yesterday to continue efforts to block the Bush administration's new overtime regulations, saying that it would not rule out suing the government if the rules cause large numbers of workers to lose overtime pay.

"We hold open all of our options, one of which would be litigation," said Christine Owens, public policy director for the AFL-CIO, a federation of 60-plus unions.

Her comments came several hours after the Labor Department, reacting to mounting political and public pressure over its original proposal to revamp the nation's overtime rules, released a watered-down revision that would raise the salary level below which workers would automatically qualify for overtime from $155 a week to $455, or $23,660 a year.

The government also proposed raising the overtime-eligibility cap for salaried employees to $100,000 per year, from $65,000 in its original proposal. About 107,000 salaried employees will probably lose overtime pay under the final rules. The revisions are scheduled to go into effect in 120 days.

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[Hawaii Inc.]

promotions

>> Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties has promoted three agents to vice presidents: Mary Beddow, Kailua; Melinda Pinter, Leeward; and Anne Oliver, King Street. Each agent also earned the company's President's Premier Award for 2003, a designation bestowed on the top 1 percent of over 113,000 sales associates internationally.

>> Colliers Monroe Friedlander Inc. has promoted Kim F. Scroggins to retail services vice president and Guy V. Kidder to industrial services vice president. Scroggins and Kidder have both been with the company since 1991. Donna M. Case and Ronald C. Ward have also been hired. Case is a retail services agent focusing on retail leasing and Ward is an industrial services agent focusing on industrial leasing and sales.

>> Food and beverage concessionaire Centerplate, formerly known as Volume Services America, has promoted Lois Sismar from regional general manager to the newly created position of Hawaii regional vice president. She will be responsible for the management of all eleven Hawaii operations and new business development. She has 32 years of experience managing the company's growth.

>> Cadinha & Co. has promoted Neil T. Rose to vice president. He will continue in his role as portfolio manager and research analyst. He joined the Honolulu investment management firm in 2003 as a research analyst.