Presenter Details
James Hertwig
President and Chief Executive Officer
Florida East Coast Railway
James R. Hertwig, a native Pennsylvanian, brings 39 years of freight transportation experience to his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Florida East Coast Railway (FEC). FEC operates 351 miles of mainline track along the east coast of Florida. With interchanges of Class I carriers NS and CSXT, the reach of the FEC is expanded through all of North America. FEC also serves five (5) intermodal terminals and provides a door to door service in its portfolio of services to intermodal customers. This has proven to be a very attractive alternative for retail customers looking for one-stop shopping in their transportation services needs. Prior to joining FEC in July 2010, Jim served as President of CSX Intermodal, Inc. CSXI, a $1.5 billion dollar corporation, based in Jacksonville Previous to his association with CSXI, he spent nearly 9 years as President of Landstar Logistics, a transportation services company, and one of the largest truckload carriers in North America. During 1994 and 1995, Jim served as President and CEO of Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation and also as Chairman and CEO of Red Arrow Freight Lines, two large regional LTL Carriers. Before that, he spent eight years as President and CEO of Con-Way Intermodal, a multimodal truckload service provider and International NVOCC. Jim also spent 13 years holding key management positions at CF Motor Freight, a nationwide LTL carrier. He began his carrier in the transportation industry in 1971 as a dock foreman with Associated Transport in Erie, Pennsylvania. Jim has served on the Board of Directors for the Florida Trucking Association (FTA) and the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver and is beginning his third term on the Board of Directors for the Intermodal Association of America.
