Subscribe to RSS feedHorizon to attempt fast-steaming play
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Rajesh Joshi, New York
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Mar 15, 2010 09:11 AM
HORIZON Lines has launched the first challenge to slow-steaming ocean carriers, unveiling its own high-speed weekly service from China to the US west coast from this December using five 23-knot ships.
Horizon chief executive Chuck Raymond and vice-president for international services Brian Taylor said the company would market this as a premium service in the months leading up to the traditional contract date of May 1, at prices “at or above...
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