Port management companies

[RB TexLa]

Poll question: Port management companies

Assuming there is not an North American company bidding what ownership is acceptable to you for a port management contract.

[Sammy Pepys]

1. Whichever one can do the job properly....

...and has the proper credentials.

[liberal N proud]

2. Why don't we just give one port to each?

That way when the world decides that it is time to stop the bu$h regime and their quest to destroy the world, all they will have to do is shut down the ports.

[Swamp Rat]

3. NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!

I'd rather we do it ourselves here in New Orleans if the U.S. Government is incapable of protecting us.

Yet another reason to secede from the Union. :eyes:

[leftstreet]

4. Actually, there are 3 US companies that could do it.

This is from James Hoffa's HuffPo blog:

The president or Congress must insist that P&O Ports, the London-based company that currently operates the six major ports in question, offer its U.S. operations for sale to experienced, reputable U.S.-based port companies.

In its request for bids, P&O indicated it would only consider those for its entire worldwide operations. That’s wrong. There are three U.S. companies -- Seattle-based Stevedoring Services of America; Oakland, Calif.-based Marine Terminals Corporation; and Elisabeth, N.J.-based Maher Terminals, Inc.—that have the resources to operate our ports. And these companies should be given that chance.

If a U.S. company—with American security interests in mind—does not operate these ports, then the federal government should.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-p-hoffa/goodbye-dubai_b_16256.html