NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Patrick E. Quinn, Co-Chairman and
President, U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc., will provide the keynote address to
an expected audience of 500 attendees at the upcoming Faster Freight - Cleaner
Air (FFCA) East Coast conference in New York City. U.S. Xpress Enterprises is
the fifth largest publicly owned trucking company in the United States and was
recently recognized by the Smithsonian Institute for its leadership on
service, safety and technological innovation. FFCA East Coast will highlight
green technologies and strategies for the goods movement industry that improve
efficiency, reduce the impact of soaring energy costs and reduce the
environmental footprint of freight movement. This premiere summit will take
place July 8-10, 2008, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York,
NY.
Mr. Quinn will address the critical need for a sound national goods
movement strategy that focuses on long-term economic and environmental
sustainability. In addition to his role as the co-founder and president of one
of the nation's largest and most successful trucking companies, Patrick Quinn
is a Congressional appointee to the bipartisan 12-member National Surface
Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. In this capacity, Mr.
Quinn played a leading role in developing and recently launching the
Transportation for Tomorrow report (http://www.transportationfortomorrow.org),
a comprehensive plan highlighting how and why an efficient surface
transportation system is vital to the future economic growth, international
competitiveness and social well-being of the nation. The report concludes with
a ten-point plan aimed at revamping the federal surface transportation
programs that would lead to moving freight cleaner, faster and safer.
Faster Freight - Cleaner Air (FFCA) is the premier conference series in
North America showcasing solutions and resources that improve operations and
reduce air emissions and the carbon footprint of the goods movement industry.
With the Panama Canal expansion 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 the expanded allwater 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, New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York City Economic
Development Corporation.
Mr. Quinn'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 on-road trucking, marine,
rail and cargo handling operations; a technology tradeshow; and exciting off-
site 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
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