Horizon Lines, Inc., has acquired Aero Logistics, a full service, third party
logistics provider (3PL) headquartered in South San Francisco, CA. The terms
of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Aero Logistics designs and manages custom freight shipping and special
handling programs for customers in service-sensitive industries including
high-tech, healthcare, energy, mining, retail and apparel. Aero also
operates a fleet of GPS-equipped trailers under the direction of their Aero
Transportation division.
Horizon Lines, Inc. announced last week the formation of Horizon Logistics,
established to manage the Company's growing integrated logistics services
business. Horizon Lines, LLC will continue to operate the ocean container
shipping services between the U.S. and Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Micronesia and
Puerto Rico.