Flagler, who helped found Standard Oil, saw Florida's tourism potential and built a network of rail lines, depots, and associated infrastructure that eventually extended all the way from Jacksonville to Key West.

After a long bankruptcy that began in 1931, Florida East Coast Railway was purchased by the Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust and operated as part of the St. Joe Company.

[3] Flagler Global Logistics offers consolidation and deconsolidation, multimodal transportation, warehouse management, Foreign Trade Zone, and dry and refrigerated cargo services, as well as commercial real estate development.

[8] To support its growing cargo business, the Canaveral Port Authority recently leased 246,240 square feet of space at the Titusville Logistics Center.

[9] Flagler Global Logistics is using a new, proprietary, single-source, cold chain technology to attract more business from Latin and South American importers of perishable goods.

Industry reports estimate that $35 billion in perishable foods are lost annually between farm and table, with nearly half of those losses due to in-transit temperature changes.

[10] FGL's new facility allows the company to employ a new cold chain process and treatment methods that can extend the shelf life of produce and other perishable items.

Flagler Global Logistics President and CEO Chris Scott described the USDA approval as a “game-changer” in the industry, because it opens up Miami as a viable alternate distribution hub for Latin America exporters.