Ship Logs
Voyage 55 (Blog 3)
Blog 3 V55 Today Kwai is at anchor in Ebon, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI). Through Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation (MISC, which has chartered Kwai for 4 months work in RMI, the ship was voyage chartered to Ebon to carry 35 passengers and cargoes for a...
Wotje Island RMI – 21 October, 2020
Kwai returned from her first Outer Island trip in RMI on 16 October with a full load of 1839 bags of copra, (115 tons), 2 tons of cold pressed virgin coconut oil and a few pallets of unsold flour and foodstuffs. The voyage itinerary was Majuro to Jaluit Atoll, Ebon...
Kwai Update Sept 22
Captains Log September 22, 2020 Kwai arrived safely in Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) on Friday 18 September. The downwind voyage was pleasantly uneventful. We had some fine sailing but much calm in the second half of the trip when the trade winds...
BIG WELCOME FOR THE KWAI (News Article)
Click on image below to expand The Marshall Island Journal- Friday, September 25, 2020 BIG WELCOME FOR THE KWAI The SV Kwai arrived Majuro at the end of the last week and was officially welcomed to the RMI with a ceremony at Uliga Dock Monday afternoon. Transportation...
The Arrival of SV KWAI (News Article)
Click on image below to expandRepublic Of The Marshall IslandsOffice of the Chief Secretary 21 September 2020 The Arrival of SV KWAI September 18, 2020 at 10:00 am SV KWAI, a vessel chartered by the RMI Government was scheduled to arrive in Majuro Atoll. This vessel...
Arrival at Majuro Lagoon Sept 17 2020
Arrival at Majuro Lagoon Sept 17 2020 Important Arrival Officials from Marshall Islands and KWAI crew. Director WAM, Mr. Alson Kelen in the back: Member Maritime Working Group, Mr. Joseph Bigler in the back, tourquise shirt: Minsiter of Iternal Affairs, Mr. Jemie...
SV Kwai Sailing to Majuro (News Article)
Click on image below to expandTHE MARSHALL ISLANDS JOURNAL Sept 18, 2020. Volume 51, Number 38 SV KWAI SAILING TO MAJURO The sailing vessel Kwai left Hawaii, September 3 headed for the Marshall Islands to take up a four-month charter with the Marshall Islands Shipping...
Voyage 55 (Blog 1)
Voyage number V55 began on the second of September, 2020. Fifty five voyages in 15 years, many of 2-4 months, and now Kwai is headed to new territory. The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) beckons from across the dateline. This old ship will be as far west as she...
Voyage 54 (Blog 2)
KWAI has just returned to Honolulu from this past Wednesday August 5, 2020 with another large load of ocean plastic including ghost nets, bottles and other plastic debris which was all deposited onto the pier in a massive tangle. You can see photos of the voyage in...
Voyage 54 (Blog 1)
OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE with SV KWAI SETS RECORD WITH LARGEST OPEN OCEAN CLEAN-UP IN HISTORY 103 Tons of Plastic Removed From the Great Pacific Garbage Patch HONOLULU, HI — June 23, 2020 Ocean Voyages Institute’s marine plastic recovery vessel, S/V KWAI, docked at the...