Horizon Lines
877-678-SHIP www.horizonlines.com
PARENT COMPANY: Horizon Lines Inc. Horizon Lines is a leading Jones Act container shipping and integrated logistics company, operating 21 U.S.-flag vessels on routes linking the continental United States with Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Horizon Lines also owns Horizon Services Group, an organization with a diversified offering of cargo management and tracking services for shippers, carriers, and other supply chain partners. WEB TOOLS: Online booking, tracking, tracing, and payment appli- cations that allow customers to create customized reporting, event notification, and e-mail or threshold activity alerts. FLEET SIZE: 21 vessels CUSTOMER AWARDS: 2006 Toyota Logistics Excellence; 2006 Lowe’s Platinum Carrier.
WHAT’S NEW: Liner services such as a U.S. East Coast service, and an Intra Asia service between Vietnam, Thailand, and China.
Intermarine
504-571-1126 www.intermarineusa.com
PARENT COMPANY: Intermarine, LLC New Orleans-based Intermarine provides worldwide ocean transport and inland heavy haul services for breakbulk, specialized project, and heavy lift cargo. The company also operates offices in Houston, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Shanghai, and Seoul. WEB TOOLS: Company information, weekly sailing schedules. FLEET SIZE: 26 vessels CUSTOMER AWARDS: 21st Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards, Best Shipping Line – Project Cargo. WHAT’S NEW: Intermarine’s latest service offering comprises a route between China, Japan, and Korea and the Persian Gulf and India. It also now provides on-demand heavy-lift service between the entire Asian north coast to the Arabian Gulf nations in the West and all points in between. Using up to nine vessels capable of 400- to 500-metric-ton self-sustained lifts, this new service is designed to meet the needs of new oil and gas facilities in the Middle East, as well as power generation plants in Southeast Asia, and various other global infrastructure development projects.
WHAT’S NEW: Two new Horizon Lines initiatives include an RFID solution that provides real-time shipment visibility for shippers; and reconfigured Pacific services that improve schedule integrity and space availability for shipments between the United States and Hawaii, Guam, the Mariana Islands, and Micronesia. Horizon also recently took delivery of five new 2,824-TEU containerships; the final ship, Horizon Tiger , made its maiden call in Tacoma, Wash., on July 6, 2007. Hyundai Merchant Marine 877-7-HYUNDAI www.hmm21.com LOGISTICS DIVISION: Harbor & Logistics Department Beginning with three Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) in 1976, Hyundai Merchant Marine has strengthened its competitiveness by operating as a container carrier, gas carrier, tramper, tanker, general cargo, and special product carrier. HMM maintains a global network comprising four regional headquarters, 23 subsidiaries, 68 branch offices, and six overseas offices. WEB TOOLS: Booking, tracking, and bill of lading services. FLEET SIZE: 120 vessels (including chartered vessels) CUSTOMER AWARDS: Four consecutive Global Partnership Carrier awards from SONY Supply Chain Solutions Inc.
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