Saudi Shipping Company “Controls” 9 US Ports

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[Andy from Beaverton]

Saudi Shipping Company “Controls” 9 US Ports

That is to say the Saudis "control" these ports as much as the UAE’s Dubai Ports World ever will.

But it’s funny that our one party media hasn’t mentioned this Saudi-owned company, NSCSA, or its operation in even more ports than the UAE will have a berth.

Maybe the press don’t know about them, as the company’s only been around since 1979. And of course the longshoremen’s and DNC’s press releases, which they regurgitate verbatim, haven’t mentioned them:

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia

Owners

Government of Saudi Arabia, Saudi individuals and establishments

Head Office Riyadh, KSA

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) was established in 1979 to meet the transportation needs of Importers and Exporters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East.

And look at the ports where they control berths:

Marine Terminals

Baltimore, MD

Halifax, Canada

Newport News, VA

Houston, TX

New Orleans, LA

St. John, Canada

Houston, Texas

Savannah, GA

Wilmington, NC

Port Newark, NJ

Brooklyn, NY

Where’s the outrage?

[Andy from Beaverton]

Earlier today, Carl Limbacher from NewsMax posted 'Saudi Shipping Company Runs 8 U.S. Ports", but pulled the post.

[muawiyah]

The first story out identified TERMINALS as PORTS. I suppose to a degree a single terminal is a port, but this very much distorts the issue.

[Democratshavenobrains]

I'm sure the Dems will assume the ownership only occured under Republican Presidents.

[JLS]

Does it distort the issue?

It seems that the issue, other than Dim opportunism, is whether or not the US is more likely to be hit via a weapon particularly a WMD weapon either in a container or that comes into the US via a container.

Now can a terminal owned by a Saudi Company receive a container as easily as a group of terminals, ie a port, can receive a container? I don't know the industry, but I would think so.

[cookcounty]

Maybe the press don’t know about them, as the company’s only been around since 1979. And of course the ........... DNC’s press releases, which they regurgitate verbatim, haven’t mentioned them:

It certainly does seem like the MSM calls Uncle Howie after breakfast to get their stories for the day.

[muawiyah]

Think back to last year when we detected a ship at sea that had a radioactive load of some kind. It was stopped. Radioactive ceramic tiles were found. Not highly readiactive, but just enough to trigger the system that tells us about such things ~ whatever that system is ~ where ever it is.

Did you ever see a follow up article on how we detected the radiation?

Presumably we use the same techniques with everything, and it doesn't matter whether its in the bottom of the hold, or on the top rack.

[Smartaleck]

So is the hysteria from ignorance or bias?

Note: they came in to operation under CLINTON. Where was the co-pres then?

[Quick Shot]

Like that the use the "Control" term. Does anyone know how these places operate. They move containers. A truck or train delivers them sealed, and they put them on the ship. Then when they come in they unload the ship and put the containers on trucks or trains. Nothing more. They do not load the containers they do not unload the containers. Customs performed before and after they touch the container. Once it is in their yard it is already through customs, to get out they need to go through customs.

The Hannity's of the world need to wake up and see how this operations really work and they would shut up. They are pumping a lot of money into the ports. In Jacksonville the Japanese are spending billions to expand the port. Is that a problem?

[Echo Talon]

Stupid dems, NO ARABS UNLESS YOU'RE SAUDI! err ummm isn't that were 15 of the 19 hijackers came from.... lol ya know if you use their argument

[Echo Talon]

nope this happened in 1997

[Fruitbat]

Since our ports are our "Achilles heel," can anyone defend any company that presently runs our ports?

From Political Aurora:

...the fact remains that it is very easy to sneak men and material through the ports. The Coast Guard and CBP do the best they can, and they've certainly made light years of progress since 9/11, but the gateways to the sea are still America's Achilles heel when it comes to homeland security.

[Fruitbat]

nope this happened in 1997

Ergo, prior to 9/11. Gotta make that crystal clear for some. ; )

[Echo Talon]

Ergo, prior to 9/11. Gotta make that crystal clear for some. ; )

Not prior to the first WTC attack

[Echo Talon]

with your thinging 9/11 could have been worse a nuke smuggled onto one of these Saudi terminals.

[Carl/NewsMax]

This report is wrong.

If you follow the links on the Saudi Shipping Company's web site, you'll find a list of NSCSA "Marine Terminals."

But when you clink on those terminals you'll find that differnet companies - like P&O and DPW - actually operate the terminals.

http://www.nscsaamerica.com/marine_term.htm#New%20Jersey

The list of Marine Terminals apparently refers to ports merely used by NSCSA - not owned and operated by them.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I have zero idea about other ports but 100% of the containers that leave the Port of Houston go through radiation detectors. What happens before that has not been publicized so I will not pass any info on.

[piytar]

"Did you ever see a follow up article on how we detected the radiation?"

My hunch is that such information would have the highest security rating there is. Knowledge of how the detectors work could help circumvent them.

If I was designing the system, I'd build a gamma ray detector. Gamma rays are very very hard to completely block. (I'd try for neutrinos if the tech existed -- maybe the DOD has it. The advantage there: Neutrinos shoot throught the entire planet without stopping. They are IMPOSSIBLE to block in any significant manner. Unfortunately, they are also VERY hard to detect.)

[Echo Talon]

so they just have ships that could have nukes on them, ok whats the difference? LOL

[Echo Talon]

Dubai Ports World uses [Israeli Shipping Co.] Zim connection in US deal This is true isn't it? If Israel can do business with them why can't we?

[Carling]

Hannity has made his hard-line case against giving security to Arabs. The problem is that he lacked the intellectual curiosity to realize that the Chinese "control" some ports on the West Coast and the Saudis "control" some ports on the East Coast.

In the end, we all lose because the Dems and the MSM see this as a chance to win favor, and the Hannity's are too stupid or stubborn to back down from their original MSM-influenced opinion.