LA Transportation Club August 11, 2015 FECR overview Quality - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LA Transportation Club

August 11, 2015

Connecting Florida to the World

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FECR overview

Quality infrastructure

• 351 miles of mainline track

– 136-per pound per yard continuous welded rail – Concrete ties

• Only intermodal rail service along Florida’s

east coast

Flexible service options

• Multiple daily train departures
• 78% FECR business is intermodal

– FECR owned drayage operation – FECR owned chassis fleet

• Carload

Excellent connectivity

• Direct link between Florida’s rail traffic and the national rail network
• Efficient north/south mode for freight transportation
• Exclusive partnerships with strategic ports in Florida
• Strategic commercial alliances

4 95 10 75 95 Fort Lauderdale / Port Everglades Port of Palm Beach PortMiami Fort Pierce Cocoa Beach Orlando Jacksonville (FECR Headquarters) Hialeah 2 day transit Port Canaveral Atlanta Tampa

• St. Petersburg

Pompano Beach

Intermodal Services CSX Track NS Track FECR Track FEC Highway Services Port Facilities

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Florida market overview

Key Florida attributes

Large consumer market

• Over 20 million residents, 3rd largest state population

behind California and Texas (1)

• 4th largest state economy in the U.S. (by GDP) (2)
• More than 97 million out-of-state visitors annually

Strategic location

• Primary gateway to Latin America; accounts for more than
• ne-third of all U.S. trade with Latin America
• 3 of the nation’s 15 largest container seaports
• Closest U.S. ports of call from Panama Canal (PortMiami

and Port Everglades)

• Closest U.S. ports to Cuba

(1) U.S. Census Bureau 2014 (2) Bureau of Economic Analysis

Population density along FECR corridor

Population FECR Population FECR

FECR track

Charlotte

Jacksonville

Orlando

Fort Lauderdale Miami Atlanta

Nashville

U.S. interstate highway

Knoxville Augusta Macon Montgomery Birmingham Tampa Tallahassee

Peachtree-Sunshine Express

Connecting the two largest markets in the Southeast

• Service from NS Inman Yard (Atlanta)
• 2nd morning service between Atlanta,

Fort Lauderdale and Miami

• Gateway to Florida from the mid-south
• Door-to-door pickup and delivery:

– Controlled by FECR owned trucks and chassis

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CSX and FECR Threads / Piedmont Express service

Intermodal rail connection running between Charlotte and Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

• Currently handling time–sensitive

garment trade shipments

• 2nd day intermodal rail service
• Lower cost solution
• FECR managed door-to-door pickup

and delivery

Threads / Piedmont Express

FECR track

Charlotte Jacksonville

Orlando

Fort Lauderdale Miami

Atlanta Nashville

U.S. interstate highway

Knoxville Augusta Macon Montgomery Birmingham Tampa Tallahassee Lexington Richmond Greenville

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Beeline – connecting Florida Ports with Central Florida

Features

• 5-days-a-week scheduled overnight

service between Miami and Cocoa, Miami and Fort Pierce, Fort Lauderdale and Cocoa and between Jacksonville and Cocoa

• Superior service to all motor routing
• Reliable, efficient, cost-effective

access to markets and customers Route:

• Miami to Cocoa: 194-miles
• Miami to Fort Pierce: 132-miles
• Fort Lauderdale to Cocoa: 179-miles
• Jacksonville to Cocoa: 146-miles

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FECR track

Jacksonville

U.S. interstate highway

Cocoa Fort Lauderdale Miami

Lakeland Orlando

A few of our customers served in Central Florida:

• SWS
• Rooms to Go
• Major theme park
• Pelliconi
• American Chung Nam
• FF’s & NVOCC’s accounts
• Stone and tile importers
• Universal Forest Products Inc.

Fort Pierce

PortMiami: infrastructure in place

FECR exclusive on–dock rail at PortMiami:

• Seamless, double-stack daily train service to

and from the Port for inland imports and exports

• Decreased truck traffic congestion in/around the Port
• Maximize offload with fast service into major markets:

– Southeast U.S. within 2 days (population: 75M) – Northeast & Midwest U.S. in 3 – 4 days (population: 124M)

PortMiami Tunnel:

• Direct access to U.S. interstate highway system
• Rapid truck turnaround time into/out of the Port
• 1.5M trucks routed via tunnel instead of downtown Miami,

lowering emissions and idle time

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SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau 2014

PortMiami: big ships welcome

–50/52 ft. deep dredge:

• Complete summer 2015
• October 2015: ready to accommodate fully

laden vessels up to 14,000 TEU’s

• 2.5 miles from sea buoy to berth
• Closest U.S. east coast port to

the Panama Canal

PortMiami named Most Productive Port

• n the U.S. east coast by JOC

Six Super Post-Panamax cranes:

• 22 containers wide
• 9 containers high above deck
• 11 containers below deck
• No height restrictions

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Fort Lauderdale Intermodal Container Transfer Facility

Features

• 43-acres
• Adjacent to Port Everglades
• 2 gate complexes – domestic and international
• 11 Automatic Gate System kiosks (AGS)

and Equipment Imaging Portals (EIP):

– 4 domestic / 7 international (3 in/out + 1 convertible) – Rapid truck turn around

• 3 RTG cranes with auto steering
• 9,000 ft total (3 x 3000 ft) processing track
• 12,000 ft total (4 x 3000 ft) storage track

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Future Berthing Arrangement EXPANSION Deeper and wider channels TODAY Current Berthing Arrangement

Deeper (48’+1’+1’) and wider channels

• Lengthen existing deep-water turn-around area

for cargo ships from 900 ft to 2,400 ft

• 1.5 miles from sea buoy to Port turning basin

Southport turning notch extension

• Add 4 new cargo berths and 5 Super

Post-Panamax gantry cranes

– Enhance existing cranes to handle heavier loads

• More than 3,000 construction jobs

will be created

Port Everglades is poised for super Post-Panamax world

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UPDATE: Pre-construction Engineering and Design phase initiated (June 26, 2015)

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Future SFLC (130 Acres) 12 Miles/ 19.31KM Port Miami FECR Hialeah Yard FECR Track MIA Airport SFLC (130 Acres)

• 200-acre complex
• 1.5 million square feet of FTZ warehousing providing full-service logistics solutions for

import/export goods through Port Everglades and PortMiami

• Direct link with all four major modes of transportation for the efficient movement of

goods via air, ocean, rail and truck

South Florida Logistics Center (SFLC): connectivity

South Florida Logistics Center

A state-of-the-art intermodal logistics hub

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FECR investing in the future: fleet expansion

FECR equipment

• 53 ft. containers – 1,162
• 53 ft. trailers – 50
• 48 ft. trailers – 165
• Flatbed trailers – 108
• 53 ft refrigerated trailers – 50
• 53 ft. chassis – 337
• International chassis – 327

(20 ft. / 40 ft. / 45 ft. / 48 ft.)

FEC Highway Services

• Provides drayage and regional

trucking

• Committed year-round capacity
• Qualcomm equipped tractors
• GPS equipment in all containers
• Local knowledge and customer

specific delivery expertise

• 242 FEC Owner Operators

Leading the way with LNG

• FECR received 24 new GE ES44C4 Tier 3

locomotives to be used for thru-freight, heavy haul service between Jacksonville and Miami, Florida

• Fuel efficient power to support current
• perations and future FECR growth
• Trip Optimizer technology: in-cab smart

cruise control to manage fuel usage and maintain predictable transit times

• LNG capable fleet:

– FECR has made the decision to test Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

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Features:

• Visibility of shipments, billing and

equipment across FECR network

• Customized Customer Dashboard

– View all shipments in system – Historical data about a particular shipment

• Place orders for service, equipment

moves electronically

Benefits:

• Access to complete, real-time information

24/7

– Supported by GE RailConnect mCrew mobile technology

• Ease of use, reduced time for

routine transactions

• Ability to react quickly to address

changing business need

FECR Connect: added convenience for customers

On-line customer portal

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Investing in people

Program status

• Three students hired into the program in 2014

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From Jacksonville, Fort Pierce and Miami

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All three students remain in the program today

• 2 students to be included in this Apprentice Program by

2015 year end

• Training the young generation to enter the railroad industry

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Training includes all major railroad craft positions

• Candidates will join FECR traditional workforce after

18 months in either transportation, engineering,

• r mechanical departments

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FECR

FECR high school apprentice program

Program sources

• 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project (http://5000rolemodels.dadeschools.net)
• Duval County Schools

– Wolfson High School – Jacksonville

Stay connected with FECR

Website www.fecrwy.com Email contact@fecrwy.com Phone 1.800.824.2330

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