Exhibit 24

					POWER OF ATTORNEY

             KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes
and appoints Kevin C. O Rourke, Peter T. Heilmann and David R. Goldman,
and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney in fact to:

       	(1)	prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned s
capacity as a director of Matson, Inc. (the Company), and file any and all
Form 4, Form 5 and other
reports required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

       	(2)	prepare and file electronically (and prepare and execute
any required file copies
of such electronic filings), for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned s capacity as a director
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any and all Form 4, Form 5 and
other reports required to be
filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

       	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 4, Form 5 or
other required report and
timely file such report with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and, if applicable, any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

       	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney in fact on
behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in
such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in his or her
discretion.

             The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact
full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution, resubstitution, or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact,
or his or her substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power
of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that no such
attorney in fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the
Company hereby assuming, any
of the undersigned s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

             This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Form 4, Form 5 or other reports with respect to the
undersigned s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be
executed as of this 25th day of April, 2013.


             				/s/ W. BLAKE BAIRD
					Signature

             				W. Blake Baird
					Print Name


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