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Horizon Lines history
Horizon Lines company history timeline
1958 Sea-Land introduces offshore container ship service to Puerto Rico with the loading of the SS Fairland in San Juan.
1964 The SS Anchorage breaks through the ice-clogged Cook Inlet, bringing the first regular, dependable year-round service to the port of Anchorage.
1967 Sea-Land sets up container port facilities at Saigon, Cam Rahn Bay, Da Nang and Que Nhon.
1970 Sea-Land expands into five Mediterranean ports, with weekly sailings to Cadiz, Barcelona, Marseilles, Genoa and Naples.
1971 Sea-Land places 2 new SL-18 class container ships in North Atlantic Service.
1973 Sea-Land introduces a new liquid bulk tank, with a pressure rating 10 times that of older tank containers.
1975 Sea-Land opens a container terminal at Algeciras, Spain.
1980 Sea-Land begins the first regularly scheduled container ship service between Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, and North America.
1983 Sea-Land begins the first regularly scheduled service to Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, by a United States carrier.
1985 Sea-Land’s new terminal at Tacoma features rail-on-dock service.
1989 Sea-Land invests more than $150 million in refrigerated cargo equipment and services.
1991 The Pacific Division announces the first vessel sharing agreement with Maersk Line in the trade between North America and Asia.
1995 The Tactical Planning Center in Charlotte, N.C. offers a global perspective of the Sea-Land network.
1997 Sea-Land leads the refrigerated container industry by launching the first fleet of advanced humidity control reefers under the proprietary name and process called FreshMist.™
In March of 1999, CSX divides Sea-Land Service into 3 companies, a Global Liner Division, Sea-Land Domestic, and a Terminals Company.
2001 CSX Lines announces the formation of Horizon Services Group, created through the restructuring of the existing organization of CSX Lines.
2003 A third crane is delivered to Horizon Lines terminal at Sand Island in Honolulu, Hawaii in September.
2005 The company deploys 900 new high-cube “Reefer Plus” refrigerated containers in September.
2006 In October, Charles (Chuck) G. Raymond is appointed as the first Chairman of the Board of Directors of Horizon Lines, Inc.
2008 On August 5th, Horizon Lines celebrates 50 years of service to Puerto Rico.
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| Indian Trails | 1910 | $580,000 | 50 | 12 |
| Coach America | 2003 | $610,000 | 125 | - |
| Jefferson Lines | 1919 | $56.0M | 375 | 5 |
| All Aboard America! | 1936 | $29.0M | 232 | 3 |
| Academy Bus | 1968 | $310.0M | 3,000 | - |
| Holiday Tours | 1978 | $36.7M | 99 | - |
| Arrow Stage Lines | 1928 | $22.0M | 350 | 3 |
| Peter Pan Bus Lines | 1933 | $98.0M | 750 | - |
| Martz Bus | 1908 | $10.0M | 112 | 8 |
| MILAN | 1969 | $5.9M | 75 | - |
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