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Alvaro Ramos of ILWU Local 13 contributed this photo of a Matson ship at call this week in Southern California. The attack on the Jones Act threatens American jobs at Matson and Horizon Lines, which hire American crew. Most other carriers hire foreign crew. Twenty-four foreign vessels are already working in the Gulf, according to [...] Lines and TOTE handle about 75 percent of the waterborne cargo between Tacoma to Alaska. Thanks to the Jones Act, they use vessels built in the U.S. and manned by Americans — but that could change if McCain succeeds in repealing the Jones Act. Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has introduced legislation that would repeal [...] The slot charter agreement between Horizon Lines and Maersk Line on the Trans-Pacific 1 (TP1) service will end in December 2010. This weekly service currently calls Yantian, Xiamen, Kaohsiuing, Los Angeles, Oakland, Honolulu and Guam. Horizon Lines operates five vessels in this service. Maersk Line has been utilizing the entire 1100 FFE capacity eastbound, and [...] Horizon Lines ship at the Port of Tacoma Horizon Lines, a shipping company that serves Alaska and Hawaii, will continue using the Port of Tacoma for another six years. The carrier’s lease with terminal operator APM Terminals North America was set to expire in December. And at a time when shipping terminal operators are scrambling [...] Horizon Lines, Inc., a U.S. domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics firm, said that it has reached a binding Memorandum of Understanding with APM Terminals North America for a new six-year U.S. terminal services agreement. The MOU applies to stevedoring and terminal services provided to Horizon Lines by APMT in Jacksonville, Florida; Houston, Texas; Los [...] Freight company Horizon Lines said Friday it had returned to a fourth-quarter profit even though revenues slid as trucking companies fight for fewer customers. That isn’t expected to change much this year even though the company’s Chairman and CEO said some markets are “beginning to exhibit possible signs of modest recovery. … While we see [...] Pasha's MV Jean Anne carries 3,000 autos between Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Horizon Lines and Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines have matched Matson Navigation Co. and increased their Hawaii-mainland fuel surcharges to 27.5 percent, effective Feb. 7. Pasha, which carries vehicles between Honolulu and San Diego, had the biggest increase as its raised its [...] One of the two Horizon Lines freighters that has been idled for many months at the Port of Bellingham’s shipping terminal is departing and heading back into service. The Horizon Consumer, which has been here since May 17, 2009, was scheduled to depart Thursday, Jan. 14, for Tacoma. It will carry freight to and from [...] Matson ship in San Francisco Hawaii’s largest ocean shipper said “rapidly rising fuel-related costs” are prompting it to raise its fuel by 3.5 percentage points to 27.5 percent for its Hawaii- mainland service. In addition, the state’s largest ocean shipper is boosting its fuel surcharge by 3.5 percentage points to 29 percent for its Guam/Commonwealth [...] Horizon Lines, the biggest U.S. container line, is eliminating all the perquisites for its four top executive officers as of the end of the year as part of the company’s ongoing cost-reduction program. … The eliminated perquisites include, but are not limited to, country club memberships, automobile allowances and tax “gross-up” payments made to reimburse [...] APL ships will be arriving in Unalaska as planned, despite the recent fall of their crane. The ships will be loaded and unloaded at the city dock using the Horizon Lines crane. … “Maersk brings their ships on Monday and Tuesday, APL typically brings theirs on Wednesday, and ours usually shows up on Friday,” said [...] Horizon Lines Inc. (HRZ) said third-quarter profit slid 24% as weak volume continued to hurt the container shipping company, though earnings handily beat Wall Street’s expectations. Shares jumped 8.5% premarket to $6.91. Chairman and Chief Executive Chuck Raymond said the third quarter’s 5.7% volume drop was the best performance in a year. Still, he said [...] |
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