NATE ASPLUND President & CEO Florida East Coast Railway (FEC), a GMXT Co.(WCI)
Asplund will present FEC’s current and future aggressive growth plans. As of January 2018, Asplund took on the role of President and CEO assuming the responsibility for increasing FEC’s rail and intermodal business. Since January 2018, FEC, a class II regional railroad, moved a total of 509,598 loads (intermodal and carload) on only 351 miles of rail. Owning all their tracks miles from Jacksonville to Miami, FEC handles a diverse mix of business of which 75% is intermodal and 25% is carload. FEC has an extensive network of 12 transload facilities along Florida’s East Coast. Headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, FEC is opening an ISO-Domestic Cross Dock facility in Hialeah that will transship steamship containers into 53 ft. domestic containers starting 3rd Quarter 2019. They recently opened their Titusville (the gateway to Central Florida) ramp and are in the process of opening a perishable warehouse in Southern Florida.
Brandy Christian Pres. & CEO, Port NOLA CEO, NOPB RR
John H. Miller Group V.P. – Industrial Products BNSF Railway
Patrick J. Ottensmeyer Pres. & CEO Kansas City Southern RR
Eugene D. Seroka Exec. Dir. Port LA
Mike Toohey President & CEO Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI)
The 9th Annual Rail Supply Chain Summit
“EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR RAIL & WATER”
ANNOUNCING 2019 KEYNOTES:
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Union League Club, Chicago
Register Now. Only $390.
13 Keynote Experts from Rail (Class Ones, Regional Railroads, and Short Lines), Water (Blue and Brown), Intermodal, and Shipping Sectors. Excellent Networking with 300 check writers and senior executives including Breakfast, Lunch, and a Closing Reception.
Program starts promptly at 7:40 AM. Attendees need to pick up their table assignment at the Registration Desk that opens at 7:15 AM as all seats are assigned.
The Union League Club has set aside a block of rooms for participants until April 10th. To reserve a room, call 312-427-7800, ask for the hotel desk, mention the Rail Supply Chain Summit, and provide them with your credit card.
For information on Sponsorships at the
2019 Rail Supply Chain Summit, please contact:
MPitz@MEPitzAssociates.com or
call 312-750-9150.