"We are all anxious to restore service as we understand the inconvenience this has caused over the past three days," said Young Brothers President Glenn Hong after the settlement was reached. "Both sides worked very hard to bring back service to our communities."

Negotiators representing the two companies and the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific reached their tentative settlement at 12:45 a.m.

Union members voted to ratify the contract at 8:30 a.m., tallied the results and returned to work.

Among the provisions of the contract:

• Dispatchers and harbor-based personnel received an across-the-board hourly pay increase of 50 cents.

• Those who work aboard the tugs will earn six hours of time off per day worked at sea.

• The pension benefit has increased by $25 per month across the board.

Workers, including cooks, ordinary seamen, deckhands, first and second mates, engineers, dispatchers and operators, struck Thursday over issues that included accumulated time off and staffing.

The contract talks Saturday began at 9 a.m. and ran to just after 1 a.m. After a break, the two sides reconvened at 7:25 p.m. and continued through the night until the tentative agreement was reached at the Hawai‘i Employers Council off Lagoon Drive.

The short-lived walkout mainly affected the Neighbor Islands and had set off panic buying at some stores.