In 1900, brothers Herb and William Young left
San Francisco and arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii. Within a year, they started business in
Honolulu Harbor. Soon after, a third brother, Jack, joined them.[1]
In 1913, the three brothers established Young Brothers, Ltd., with its main business of ocean towing, rescue service and
barge transportation between the islands. About that time they were awarded with the contract of shipping
pineapples from
Molokai to Honolulu for
canning.
In 1961, Young Brothers separated harbor support service from shipping service by establishing a subsidiary, Hawaiian
Tug &
Barge.
Hawaii's interisland shipment service had been by Young Brothers only until 2018, when
Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines LLC was approved as an additional shipper.[3]