E like me ke ʻano, ua māhele ʻia i Sea Transportation kahi e hoʻohana ʻia ai nā moku moku e lawe i nā kānaka a me nā waiwai. ʻO ia kekahi o nā ʻano huakaʻi kahiko loa i ka mōʻaukala kanaka. No nā kaukani makahiki, i ka wā e pono ai ka poʻe e hoʻoneʻe i ka ukana a i ʻole ka huakaʻi me kā lākou waiwai mai kahi wahi a i kahi ʻē aʻe me ka nele o nā ʻōnaehana e hoʻoikaika i nā tractor a me nā semi-trailer, huli lākou i ka wai. ʻO ia ke ala koʻikoʻi o nā kaiāulu hui a me nā ʻāina.
Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe i ko lākou ikaika maka e hoʻolalelale i nā waʻa a me nā moku i mua a i ʻole i hilinaʻi i ka makani e alakaʻi ana iā lākou. Piʻi nā peʻa e hoʻowalewale i ka makani a lawe i kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka wai. Ua hala nā makahiki, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka ʻenehana a ua kūkulu ʻia nā ʻenekini e kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā waʻa nui a me ka liʻiliʻi me ka wikiwiki. He hoʻololi nui kēia! I kēia mau lā, aia nā ʻano waʻa a me nā moku i mana i nā ʻano like ʻole. ʻO kekahi mau hoʻolaha hou aʻe, hoʻohana lākou i ka wahie diesel a i ʻole ke kinoea, no laila e unuhi ʻia i ka mile mile lōʻihi i ka hiki ke hiki a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e kaena wale i ka hiki ke hele a puni. Holo kekahi ma ka uila, ʻaʻole maikaʻi wale no ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka makani a me ka SunPowered Sailboats ʻoiai, no ka ecofriendly!
ʻAʻole hiki ke hele i ke kai no ka mea, ua ʻinoʻino ke kai. Pono nā waʻa e hoʻoikaika i ka ikaika no ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i ka wā ʻino, kahi a hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā nalu nui i ke kai e hoʻopilikia ai i nā ʻino i kēlā me kēia manawa. Pono nō hoʻi lākou e hōʻoia ua lawa lākou i ka ʻai a me ka wahie no kēia mau lā lōʻihi ma ke kai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he hana nui ka huakaʻi kai! Akā, ʻo ia paha ka huakaʻi o kou ola. E hele ana nā kānaka o nā makahiki a pau mai ko lākou mau home ponoʻī e ʻike i kekahi mau mea like ʻole i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka poʻe ma mua. Hiki paha iā lākou ke lawe i nā mea i hiki i nā kānaka ke hoʻohana e like me ka meaʻai, nā lole a me nā mea pāʻani - i kōkua i ka maʻalahi o ke ola.
ʻO ke awa he wahi kū hoʻokahi kahi e hoʻouka ʻia ai nā ukana a me nā kānaka mai nā moku mai. He nui ke kaiāulu i loko o laila, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai nā kūlanakauhale a i ʻole nā kūlanakauhale i hiki i nā kānaka ke hele maʻalahi i laila. ʻO kēia ke awa, kahi wahi paʻa i ka hoʻouka ʻia ʻana o nā mea me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano mea like ʻole. He laʻana nā cranes o kēia mau mīkini nui e hiki ke hāpai i nā pahu nui mai nā moku a ma luna o nā kaʻa a i ʻole nā kaʻaahi e hoʻokele ʻia. ʻO kahi hale me nā wahi nui no ka mālama ʻana i nā waiwai a hiki i ka hoʻouna ʻia ʻana i kahi ʻē, pili kēia i nā awa nona nā hale kūʻai. ʻOi aku ka koʻikoʻi o kēia mau awa no ka mea ʻo ia ke kumu o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i ka wā e hiki ai i nā waiwai ma kahi i kuhikuhi ʻia i ka manawa.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki i ka huakaʻi ma ke kai ke lilo i mea hoʻōla hoʻōla! ʻO nā huakaʻi i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā wahi hou a hoihoi i loko o ka moku hoʻokahi (pun intended) ka mea a kekahi mau lede i makemake ai. No ka mea, hana ʻoe i nā mea leʻaleʻa ma luna o ka moku holo moana i nā lā moana, A ʻo kahi hapa nui o ka holo ʻana e hiki ke hele mai kekahi awa a i kekahi awa. Hoʻokumu i nā limahana i makemake i lalo a hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe periyahati i ke kai traversal kepalautantentu ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ma luna o ka moku he kapena kāu, ʻenekinia, kuke etc; hana kēlā me kēia i kāna hana. ʻO ke kai ka mea e kipa aku ai i nā wahi ʻē, nā kūlanakauhale kaulana a me nā ʻāina ākea o ka honua.
Loaʻa iā mākou ka helu maoli o nā koho kaʻa e hālāwai me kāu mau makemake ʻokoʻa. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi pūnaewele hōʻike ākea ākea a puni ka ʻōnaehana logistic maikaʻi e hōʻoia i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o kāu kaʻa kai i ko lākou wahi e hele ai me ka wikiwiki a pololei.
Hāʻawi mākou i nā kumu kūʻai hoʻokūkū e kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i ke kālā i kāu mau kumukūʻai logistic, ʻoiai e hāʻawi mau ana i ka lawelawe kaʻa kai kiʻekiʻe.
E nānā kā mākou hui ʻoihana i kāu mau mea ma o ke kaʻina hana e hōʻoia i ka lawe ʻana i ke kai. Hiki ke nānā ʻia nā manaʻo logistic ma kā mākou pūnaewele pūnaewele a i ʻole ka polokalamu kelepona.
Loaʻa i kā mākou hui nā loea me ka ʻoi aku o 2 mau makahiki piha o ka ʻike i loko o ka ʻoihana lawe ukana kai. Ua paʻa pū mākou ma mua o 10 mau palapala hōʻoia e pale i kā mākou lawelawe.