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.
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