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Horizon Lines

1956 establishments in North Carolina2015 disestablishments in North CarolinaAmerican companies disestablished in 2015American companies established in 1956Defunct companies based in North Carolina
Defunct shipping companies of the United StatesEconomy of Anchorage, AlaskaTransport companies established in 1956

Horizon Lines, Inc. was an American domestic ocean shipping and logistics company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the largest Jones Act-compliant maritime shipping and logistics company, and accounted for approximately 37 per cent of all U.S. container shipments linking the continental United States to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Under the Jones Act, maritime shipments between U.S. ports is restricted to U.S.-built, owned, and flagged vessels operated by predominantly U.S.-citizen crews. The company originated from Sea-Land Service, Inc. The domestic liner operations of Sea-Land were sold in 2003 and thereafter operated under the name Horizon Lines. Horizon became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. In 2015 the company was acquired by Matson Navigation Company.

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Horizon Lines
Creekside Park Road, Charlotte

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Creekside Park Road
29117 Charlotte
North Carolina, United States
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