# Kaunakakai (US KUA)

**UN/LOCODE:** US KUA  
**Country:** United States  
**Water Body:** North Pacific Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Open Roadstead  
**GPS:** 21.0833, -157.0333

Unlike Hawaii's deep-draft commercial harbours, Kaunakakai works as an open roadstead with a single long wharf and about 6.4 m alongside, yet it remains Molokai's principal cargo port. Young Brothers' interisland barges call several times a week from Honolulu, landing groceries, building materials, fuel and containerised trailers for the island. No ocean container terminal or international customs operates here; overseas shipments clear in Honolulu and feeder to Molokai by barge. The 286-foot barge Kalohi was purpose-built for smaller calls such as Kaunakakai and Kaumalapau. For forwarders, the port is the final leg of a Honolulu-hub supply chain.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Los Angeles → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shanghai)
- [Los Angeles → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-shenzhen)
- [Los Angeles → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-guangzhou)
- [Los Angeles → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-hong-kong)
- [Los Angeles → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-tokyo)
- [Los Angeles → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/los-angeles-busan)

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