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The Florida East Coast Railway depot in Sebastian.The structure was built in 1893. Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad 80 miles (130 km) south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.
Edward Gresham Ball (March 21, 1888 – June 24, 1981) was a businessman who wielded powerful political influence in Florida for decades. Referred to as "a law unto himself", [1]: 21 despite the fact that he never held public office and did not own much of the assets he controlled, he led a forest products company, a railroad and owned newspapers.
The walkout represents the first East Coast dock strike since 1977. ... groups Port Everglades in Ford Lauderdale, Florida, with the Port of Miami)HoustonMobile, AlabamaNew Orleans New York/New ...
The 2024 United States port strike was a labor strike involving over 47,000 port workers who are part of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), impacting 36 ports across the United States primarily along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast. The strike began at midnight EST on October 1, 2024, following the expiration of a contract ...
East Coast ports in the U.S. are forecast to handle 2.3 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) in October. That translates to 74,000 shipping containers per day, and a value of daily freight ...
Even a short strike at East and Gulf Coast ports could disrupt U.S. supply chains until 2025, according to one expert. ... Those steps include "working with truckers and the rail carriers to get ...
Railway's long trains save FEC money but jam intersections and create dangerous delays for ambulances, fire and police vehicles. Editorial: Florida East Coast Railways needs to shorten 'monster ...
United States v. Florida East Coast Railway Co., 410 U.S. 224 (1973), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. Due to a chronic freight car shortage, Congress had enlarged the scope of the Interstate Commerce Commission's authority to prescribe per diem rate charges for the use of one company's freight car by another, thus giving an incentive to each company to use the cars more ...