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Philadelphia Welcomes Horizon Lines

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett joined other officials at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal on April 16 in officially welcoming Horizon Lines to the Port of Philadelphia.  

The new weekly service, connecting Philadelphia and San Juan, Puerto Rico, began April 11, and will bring a vessel to every Thursday to the terminal. It will handle a variety of containerized cargoes, such as pharmaceuticals and perishables. Transit time is 3.5 days.

Back dropped by a Horizon vessel, Gov. Corbett lauded the major economic impact Horizon Lines will bring to the region, which will include 400 to 600 direct and indirect jobs, plus substantial business and tax revenues.  

"Horizon Lines has among the safest, best maintained and best crewed ships on the oceans and now they are putting in at one of the best, most historic and indeed most American of ports: Philadelphia,” Gov. Corbett said.

Speaking at Packer Avenue Marine Terminal with the containership Horizon Trader as background, Gov. Tom Corbett welcomes Horizon Lines to the Port of Philadelphia. Beside him in the front row, from left, are Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Executive Director James T. McDermott Jr., Terminal Operator Tom Holt Jr. and Teamster head Rocky Bryan. To the far right is ILA head Boise Butler.
Photo/ Carol Feeley
 

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