Chief Executive Officer of Panama Canal Authority to Provide Keynote Address at Nation's...

Chief Executive Officer of Panama Canal Authority to Provide Keynote Address
at Nation's Premier Conference on Faster Freight and Cleaner Air

NEW YORK, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Alberto Aleman Zubieta, Chief Executive
Officer of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), will provide a keynote address to
an audience of 500 attendees at the upcoming Faster Freight - Cleaner Air
(FFCA) East Coast conference on one of the most important infrastructure
projects in the world, the Panama Canal Expansion Program. Providing an all
water route between Asia, the East Coast of North America, and Europe, Mr.
Aleman Zubieta will highlight key elements of the expansion program that will
accommodate the world's largest ships and increased tonnage. With the Canal's
expansion, Mr. Aleman Zubieta will discuss how continued North American
infrastructure development and the adoption of efficient and environmentally
friendly technologies and business practices will allow the East Coast goods
movement industry to be prepared to meet future growth needs for faster
freight and cleaner air. FFCA East Coast will take place July 8-10, 2008 at
the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, NY.
Recently awarded the prestigious SAMOTER International Award for the "Most
Significant Project in the World," Mr. Aleman Zubieta was recognized for his
important contribution to the development of construction at both national and
international levels by using state of the art technology innovation for
design and implementation of the Panama Canal Expansion Program. Mr. Aleman
Zubieta said, "The Panama Canal has always been vital to world commerce and
shipping. Our goal is to become the transportation and logistics hub of the
Americas."
This timely Keynote Address will help kick off the conference program
agenda. FFCA will highlight how East Coast ports and goods movement
stakeholders are already implementing important environmental and efficiency
programs, the importance of a national strategy for transportation
infrastructure, energy supply and price considerations for the freight
industry, the latest "green" transportation technologies, and much more! For a
complete copy of the conference agenda, see
http://www.ffcaeastcoast.com/agenda.html.
Faster Freight - Cleaner Air (FFCA) is the premier conference series in
North America showcasing solutions and resources to improve operations and
reduce air emissions from the goods movement industry. With the Panama Canal
Widening Project now underway, FFCA East Coast will focus upon the growing
demands for an improved national infrastructure and expanded rail and trucking
services to accommodate the near-term port growth that will be fueled by this
new all-water route from Asia. This event is hosted by the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey, United States Environmental Protection Agency, New
York City Department of Transportation, New York State Energy Research and
Development Authority, New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, New York State Department of
Transportation, and the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation.
Alberto Aleman's timely remarks are scheduled for Tuesday, July 8, 2008.
The three-day conference runs from July 8 through July 10 and will take place
at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. This summit will include
two days of plenary sessions, breakout sessions focusing on onroad trucking,
marine, rail and container handling operations, a technology tradeshow, and
exciting offsite tours of the region's largest cargo facilities in New York
and New Jersey. For more information, visit http://www.ffcaeastcoast.com.
Contact: Anne Hellwig, Anne@Gladstein.org, 310.573.8558
SOURCE Faster Freight - Cleaner Air

Anne Hellwig, +1-310-573-8558, Anne@Gladstein.org, for Faster Freight -
Cleaner Air