General John W. Handy Completes Carolinks Advisory Board.

Former Commander of US Transport Command Becomes Board's Sixth Member

CHARLESTON, S.C. & CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- General John W. Handy, the former commander of US Transcom, the Department of Defense's global air, land, and sea transportation organization, has become the sixth member of the advisory board of Charleston-based inter-modal company Carolinks.

General Handy is the Executive Vice President of Horizon Lines, whose Chairman and CEO, Chuck Raymond, is a member of Carolinks' advisory board. Speaking of his new appointment, General Handy said, "Like my colleague, Chuck Raymond, I am very excited by what Carolinks is doing to speed containers from the Port of Charleston to new inland ports and distribution centers. After a career which included deep involvement in logistics and transportation management, I believe that the Carolinks model can provide relief to the problem of port congestion and can become an enormous part of making the distribution system more efficient in ports facing further congestion."

Lucy Duncan Scheman said, "General Handy has had a remarkable career and there can be no one with a greater understanding of global transportation than him. We believe that his in-depth knowledge and experience will bring an additional dimension of experience and expertise to our advisory board, and to our company as a whole. I'm also delighted that with Chuck Raymond we will have two members of Horizon Lines' senior management as part of our advisory board."

General Handy joined Horizon Lines in 2006 after a 39-year career of great distinction in the United States Air Force. He is a command pilot with over 5,000 flying hours principally in airlift aircraft. As a C-130 pilot, he logged more than 300 combat hours in Southeast Asia.

From his first commission as Second Lieutenant in 1967 he rose to Brigadier General in 1991 and to General in 2000. Among his major awards and decoration are Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, and Kuwait Liberation Medal by the Government of Kuwait. In 1992, he accepted an Honorary Doctorate of humanities form Methodist College and in 2005, the Air Force Order of the Sword, Air Mobility Command.

General Handy will join the Carolinks advisory board along with former Secretary of Transportation, Norman Mineta, Senator Tom Daschle, Chuck Raymond, Chairman and CEO of Horizon Lines, "Humpy" Wheeler, a leading figure in NASCAR, Margaret A. Gilliam, CFA, a former Wall Street securities analyst covering retail and related industries and now running her own consulting firm, Gilliam & Co., and the Honorable Steven S. Honigman, former general counsel of the United States Navy and now a partner in Fox, Horan & Camerini.