M/V Horizon Discovery on its inaugural call at the Port of Tampa Container Terminal, October 4, 2009.

TAMPA, Fla.—The Tampa Port Authority on Sunday welcomed the arrival of the vessel Horizon Discovery and the launch of a new direct container service between Tampa, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico by Horizon Lines. Horizon Lines is the nation’s leading domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company. The 1402 TEU capacity Horizon Discovery now serves Tampa as part of Horizon Lines’ Gulf Express Service with a fixed-day, bi-weekly schedule.

TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY - NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held at 10:15 a.m., April 16, 2010 before the Tampa Port Authority at its offices located at 1101 Channelside Drive, Tampa, Florida, at which hearing the public’s views will be heard to consider the following:

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