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Carlyle Group completes sale of Horizon Lines

New York private-equity firm Castle Harlan Inc. said yesterday it has completed its purchase of Horizon Lines, the second largest mainland-Hawaii shipper, from the Carlyle Group for $650 million.

The Carlyle Group, which is buying telephone company Verizon Hawaii for $1.65 billion, sold the shipper for more than double the $300 million it paid to acquire Horizon Lines in February 2003.

Horizon Lines began West Coast-Hawaii ocean freight service in 1987, when it was known as Sea-Land Service, competing against long-time dominant Hawaii shipper Matson Navigation Co.

Castle Harlan said Horizon Line's senior management would stay in place and would continue to own an interest in the company.

State bar wants award nominees

The Hawaii State Bar Association is seeking nominations for the C. Frederick Schutte Award, which recognizes outstanding service to the legal community, and the Ikena Award, which recognizes public service toward legal education.

Nominations are due July 30 to the HSBA awards committee, 1132 Bishop St., Suite 906, Honolulu 96813.

The bar will present the awards at a luncheon Oct. 15. For more information, call Anna Cottrell at 537-1868.

Hawaiian Airlines on time 95.2%

Hawaiian Airlines posted a 95 percent on-time arrival rate for the second month in a row in May, making it the nation's most punctual carrier for the seventh month in a row.

The airline also ranked second for handling passenger baggage and fewest flight cancellations. Hawaiian had 2.83 reports of mishandled baggage per 1,000 customers to finish second behind JetBlue Airways at 2.18 reports.

Hawaiian had eight flight cancellations out of 3,976 total flights to put it second behind JetBlue, which had two cancellations.

Hawaiian's 95.2 percent on-time performance, which is gauged by flights that arrive within 15 minutes of scheduled time, beat out SkyWest Airlines' 86.8 percent and JetBlue's 83.4 percent.

Separately, Hawaiian said it has added Continental Airlines as an interline electronic ticketing partner to speed travel connections between the two carriers. Customers can purchase a single e-ticket and check in once for travel itineraries involving the airlines.

Oahu Publications hires Granata

Oahu Publications Inc. President Dennis Francis has appointed Jim Granata vice president of production, effective Aug. 16.

Oahu Publications is the parent company of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and MidWeek.

Granata, formerly vice president of production for the Hawaii Newspaper Agency during the mid-1990s, is the plant director at the San Francisco Chronicle's city plant. He has served the Chronicle since 1997. He was previously vice president of operations for Direct Language Co., a publisher of foreign language dictionaries also located in San Francisco. Granata was also director of production for the Monterey Herald in California, with responsibility for commercial printing operations.

He will move back to Hawaii with his wife, Claudia, and step-daughter Simone.

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NEW JOBS

>> Miller/Watts Constructors Inc. has hired Larry Neal as chief estimator. He will be responsible for overseeing estimates, proposals and business development in Hawaii and the northern Pacific. He previously served as chief estimator/preconstruction services for Construction Management & Development.

>> Firefly has hired five new employees. Annie Turn has been hired as a project manager. She previously worked as Turtle Bay Resort marketing manager. Brian Bueza was hired as senior production artist-art director. He previously worked as Pacific Learning Services Inc. multi-media developer. Jaynel L. Oshiro was hired as a project coordinator for the company's Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii account. She previously worked as a Destination Marketing Hawaii account coordinator. Ethan Boone has been hired as a production artist. He previously worked as Audiology Online Inc. Web site manager. Patrick Parsons was hired as a project manager. He worked previously as a Laird Christianson Harris account coordinator.

>> MW Group Ltd. has hired Matthew Garrett as property manager of Lahaina Self Storage. Garrett also will be responsible for managing the Anchor Square Shopping Center. He previously worked in New York as site manager for the Office Suite Group business center.