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Florida East Coast Railway L.L.C. (FEC) recently received the Doral Business Council’s 2011 International Business of the Year Award for playing a “pivotal role in strengthening south Florida’s stature” as a global international trade hub, FEC officials said in a prepared statement.
 
“For the past two years, FEC has been working with community, business and public policy leaders to build on-dock rail facilities at south Florida ports. These infrastructure projects will ensure that south Florida solidifies its position as a hub for international trade,” said FEC President and Chief Executive Officer James Hertwig.

The Doral Business Council — which advocates for economic development and business promotion for the city of Doral and surrounding communities — also presented its International Achievement Award to Florida Gov. Rick Scott for his role in providing state funding for the Port of Miami’s deep dredge project.

Meanwhile, Heinz North America presented its 2011 National Carrier of the Year award to Cryo-Trans Inc. (CTI) for providing “superior performance” when transporting Heinz’ frozen-food products. The recognition — which typically is bestowed to motor carriers — is a result of “exceptional coordination and execution” for moving Heinz’ Ore-Ida® brand of frozen potatoes from the Pacific Northwest to points in the eastern U.S. using mechanically refrigerated box cars, Cryo-Trans officials said in a prepared statement.

“By employing CTI’s refrigerated box-car fleet, Heinz was able to reduce their carbon footprint in the last year by saving 630,000 gallons of diesel fuel and taking 2,000 trucks off the road,” they said. “As a result they cut their [carbon dioxide] emissions by 44 percent, a reduction of 6,400 tons of greenhouse gases.”

CTI owns and operates a private fleet of refrigerated box cars, and provides rail shipping and rail-car leasing services.