HONOLULU, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Engineering students from 12
universities around the country will begin competing here today in the
conference finals of the American Society of Civil Engineers' 22nd Annual ASCE
National Concrete Canoe Competition. The winner of these races will earn a
spot in the national championships in North Carolina this June.
Before the concrete canoes could begin their sail to the finish line,
however, they had to get to the starting line. Working together, Horizon
Lines, LLC, and Horizon Logistics, LLC, coordinated the door-to-door delivery
of the competition canoes from inland points in the continental United States
to the Port of Los Angeles for ocean voyage aboard a Horizon Lines container
vessel to Honolulu and on to final destination at the University of Hawaii.
Horizon Logistics coordinated with several service providers to secure the
best pricing for the project and Horizon Lines arranged for transpacific
carriage to Hawaii.
"When we have the opportunity to support worthwhile community activities,
we embrace our 'always delivering' promise for the community as strongly as we
do for our customers," said Mar Labrador, Senior Vice President and General
Manager, Hawaii and Micronesia Division of Horizon Lines. "The ASCE event in
Honolulu is a source of great pride for the engineering students involved."
The ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC) provides students with
a practical application of the engineering principles they learn in the
classroom, along with important team and project management skills they will
need in their careers. The event challenges the students' knowledge,
creativity and stamina, while showcasing the versatility and durability of
concrete as a building material. Teams qualify for the NCCC by placing first
in one of the 18 conference competitions held throughout the United States
during the spring.
The winners of the ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition are determined
by compiling the team's total number of points from the academic and race
portions of the competition. Academic scholarships totaling $9,000 are awarded
to the winning teams' undergraduate civil engineering program.
Engineering students from The University of Arizona; Arizona State
University; North Arizona University; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Cal Poly,
Pomona; University of Southern California; University Of California, San
Diego; Cal State (USULA); Loyola Marymount, University of Nevada, Las Vegas;
Northridge; and San Diego State University are competing in the conference
championships at the University of Hawaii.
For more information, visit
http://content.asce.org/conferences/nccc2009/index.html.
About Horizon Lines
Horizon Lines, Inc. is the nation's leading domestic ocean shipping and
integrated logistics company comprised of two primary operating subsidiaries.
Horizon Lines, LLC, owns or leases a fleet of 21 U.S.-flag containerships and
5 port terminals linking the continental United States with Alaska, Hawaii,
Guam, Micronesia and Puerto Rico. Horizon Logistics, LLC, offers customized
logistics solutions to shippers from a suite of transportation and
distribution management services designed by Aero Logistics, information
technology developed by Horizon Services Group and intermodal trucking and
warehousing services provided by Sea-Logix. Horizon Lines, Inc. is based in
Charlotte, NC, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker
symbol HRZ.
SOURCE Horizon Lines, Inc.
CONTACT:
Gordon Forsyth
of BSY Associates
+1-732-817-0400
for Horizon Lines, Inc.
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