Florida East Coast Railway Lng
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Florida east coast railway lng. Florida east coast railway the regional carrier operating 350 miles of main line from miami to jacksonville has a new president and chief executive officer. Florida east coast railway has become the first north american railroad to adopt lng liquefied natural gas for its entire line haul locomotive fleet. The florida east coast railway reporting mark fec is a class ii railroad operating in the u s. The florida east coast railway fec is a class ii regional railroad that owns all of the 351 mile mainline track from jacksonville fl down to miami.
Asplund new head of florida east coast rwy. Jacksonville fla november 8 2017 florida east coast fec railway provided an exclusive tour of its lng liquid natural gas operations at its jacksonville facility this week. Gibbstown on the delaware river is the site of a proposed controversial export terminal being developed by delaware river partners a subsidiary of. Florida east coast industries wants to build a 250 million liquefied natural gas production and distribution plant on undeveloped land it owns west of u s.
1 in titusville a project the company says would be the first of its kind in florida. Company officials say the plant would offer the region a supply of. State of florida currently owned by grupo méxico. Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century the fec was a project of standard oil principal henry flagler he originally visited florida with his first wife mary.
However bob ledoux florida east coast railway senior vice president disputed the idea that lng would affect all communities along the fec s existing miami to jacksonville corridor. Wyalusing is where new fortress is building an 800 million plant to liquefy and supercool locally fracked marcellus shale gas. Leading the way with lng. Between 2016 and 2017 florida east coast railway transported more than 201 million cubic feet of lng from the american lng marketing llc plant in hialeah to either portmiami or port everglades in fort lauderdale according to the u s.
Tour participants came from a wide range of industries including marine rail mining e p power gen operations. They sought assistance with. 9 officially rolled out its 24 unit fleet consisting of 12 pairs of back to back ge es44acs with a purpose built chart industries fuel tender in between at bowden yard jacksonville. The latest news and analysis of the global railway industry from the world s leading international publication.
It is the exclusive rail provider for portmiami port everglades and port of palm beach.
