Thomas P Storrs News

Board to expand to eleven from eight; seven New Board Members Join Four Existing Directors; Four Directors Retire. Horizon Lines, a domestic ocean shipping company, today announced that it will expand its Board of Directors to 11 members from eight, effective November 25, 2011. In conjunction with the expansion, seven new directors will be appointed and four of the existing eight directors will retire. • Jeffrey A. Brodsky, Kurt M. Cellar, Carol B. Hallett, James LaChance, Steven L. Rubin, Martin Tuchman and David N. Weinstein will join the board as independent directors.

Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ) announced that shareholders at the company's annual meeting today re-elected two Class III directors and ratified the appointment of Horizon Lines' public accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP. During the annual meeting, shareholders re-elected Class III directors Thomas P. Storrs and Bobby J. Griffin. Mr. Storrs has served as a director for the company since June 2007, and Mr. Griffin has served since June 2010. Additionally, shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 25, 2011. Shareholders also provided a non-binding…