Horizon Lines Promotes Alherd Kazura to VP International Services

News Release Horizon Lines, Inc. (Corporate Headquarters) August 19, 2011

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Horizon Lines Promotes
Alherd Kazura 
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International
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CHARLOTTE, NC (August 16, 2011) - Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE:
HRZ), the nation's leading domestic ocean shipping company, today
announced that Alherd Kazura has been appointed to the new position of
Vice President of International Services. Mr. Kazura will report to Brian
Taylor, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Commercial Officer of Horizon Lines, Inc.
  Mr. Kazura was previously Vice President
International Planning and Development at Horizon, where among other
responsibilities he led the transition team that established the carrier's
Five Star Express (FSX) trans-Pacific service in December 2010. As VP of
International Services, Mr. Kazura will take overall responsibility for
the FSX service, which calls Shanghai, Ningbo, Los Angeles, Oakland and
Apra Harbor, Guam.
 
"Alherd's experience establishing the FSX last
year, together with his finance and business development background, makes
him well-suited to tackle the challenges of our trans-Pacific operation in
a very competitive market environment," Mr. Taylor said.
 
"We have a great team operating the FSX in
China, Guam and the United States, and I am excited to take on this new
responsibility," Mr. Kazura said.
 
Mr. Kazura brings nearly
three decades of experience to the new role. After spending the first six
years of his career working for cruise line operators, Mr. Kazura joined
Sea-Land Service, Inc. in 1989. He has held positions of
increasing responsibility at Sea-Land and Horizon Lines in various areas
of the business, including corporate strategy, finance, business
development and
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