Charting Food Supply: Assessing Vessel Traffic in the Hawaiian Islands

— March 1 - 10, 2022; 12:00pm time stamp

Mapping derived from research conducted for Pōhaku, Kalo, Wai: Stewardship in Contemporary Hawai’i'.

Each day, Freight vessels (red), Commercial bottom fishing vessels (grey), and Oil tankers (black), arrive to commercial goods harbors in Honolulu, O’ahu. Cargo is then transported by tug and barge (green) to the outer islands of Kaua’i, Maui, Moloka’i, Lānaʻi, and Hawai’i.  

In Hawaii, local agricultural production contributes merely 13% to the total consumable food supply. The predominant share of Hawaii's food requirements, accounting for 81%, is imported from the continental United States. An additional 6% is sourced from international markets. As for the distribution of locally produced food, 14% finds its way to the continental United States.

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