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Remembering Ed Coene

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He served on a destroyer that patrolled the combat zone during the Korean War and then came home to take the same jobs his father had held with a coal wholesaler, engineer and sales executive. in Red Bank, NJ, Ed opened Bus Fac Publishing Co. Ed began his journey by walking a trail blazed by his father, a veteran of two World Wars.

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BUSINESS REPORT: EC Railway, Port Everglades Join Forces on Intermodal

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Largest Cities (2011): Jacksonville, 827,908; Miami, 408,750; Tampa, 346,037; St. The remaining $35 million in costs will be covered by the FEC, with $30 million from an FDOT State Infrastructure Bank loan and $5 million from the FEC capital plan. As a result, traffic congestion on State Road 84 is to be reduced. FLORIDA FAST FACTS.

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COVER STORY: Editors’ Location Picks

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The Port of Little Rock, on the Arkansas River is a designated Foreign Trade Zone and a United States Customs Point of Entry. This status allows goods to be stored and processed there without custom duties or bonds being paid until products are finished and sold, or moved out of zone. Tampa at 96.4 and Mutual of Omaha.

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