Port Authority: We're suing to stop sale to Dubai firm

Newsday.com ^ | 2/13/2006 | KAREN MATTHEWS

[ARCADIA]

NEW YORK -- The Port Authority said Thursday it will file suit to block a Dubai-based firm from taking over operations at a Port Newark container terminal, saying the federal government has not given them assurances about security issues.

[ARCADIA]

...and so it continues...

[oolatec]

Good!

[jimbo123]

Good. What's the rush, anyway?

[AlaskaErik]

If George Bush had come out against this deal, Chuckie Schumer would be all over him, calling him an insensitive racist. Chuckie will take whatever side of a position he can best exploit for Chuckie.

[mnehring]

The sale of operations of the container facilities is a UK transaction, something we cannot stop. All we could stop would be the contracts to operate the facilities in the US or P&O's operational license in the US. If we do block operational licenses, then we would need to fill in that gap with another company. How long would it take P&O to remove all their assets, another company to move their assets in, and completely hire new staff and renegotiate contracts with the dockworkers.

All of this just seems to be grandstanding...

[antaresequity]

Someone ought to clue in the Port Authority that American Stevedoring located at the Newark Terminal is wholly owned by the Saudi Arabia Shipping Company...which in turn is wholly owned by the House of Saud...

Idiots...

[kaktuskid]

They have every right to....they OWN the ports!(not P&O)

[Reagan Man]

Finally. A rational decision, placing US interests ahead of the interests of the DPW/UAE force contingent.

[antaresequity]

Good!

Your ignorance is only matched by your brevity..

[Pukin Dog]

Yeah, it is good. The smackdown these folks will receive from the Courts will be illustrative of the fact that this deal is DONE.

[Stellar Dendrite]

ping

[MissouriConservative]

I truly wish that these people would tell the truth about things. The security issues, as they say, are the same and will always be the same....the local Port Authority and the US Coast Guard. They, the Dubai company, are not in charge of security, but in charge of the commercial aspect of the port. They do a fantastic job at other ports, including the ports in Dubai that the US Navy seems to love. I've read that the port of Dubai is the, outside of the United States, the port that the United States uses the most.

The truth of the matter is longshoremen. The Dubai company is not union friendly and they do what they do best WITHOUT unions. We all know that Schumer and Clinton dance to the unions tunes and are using "homeland security" as a cover story.

If this were not a mid-term election year, this deal would not have raised a single eyebrow.

[Stellar Dendrite]

you're a traitor.

/sarcasm

[Canedawg]

That doesnt make it a good deal.

Or is your blind party partisanship preventing so many of you from seeing that.

[finnman69]

The PANYNJ couldn't find it's ass with a Hillary and Chuck holding a flashlight while using both hands .

[mnehring]

Well said.. I'm afraid that someone will convince a judge somewhere to block operational license to some of these terminals and completely shut down shipping for months on end until its resolved or another company can come in and set up shop...

[antaresequity]

Finally. A rational decision, placing US interests ahead of the interests of the DPW/UAE force contingent.

Ignorance is flowing like diahrea on FR..

The majority of stevedoring done in our ports is done by foreign companies...including the Saudi Arabia Shipping Company which operates facilities from the Port of Newark to Texas...

Get a grip and some facts before emotionally jerking your knee,,,

[Reaganwuzthebest]

If the federal government won't stop it at least the affected states can try...

[Reagan Man]

Chuckie Schumer may be a big mouth liberal from Brooklyn, but he is concerned about this entire issue. In fact, Schumer and conservative Republican Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma have taken the same position against this sweetheart deal given to DPW/UAE. OTOH, we have Jimmy Carter agreeing with PresBush. LOL This is an issue that crosses partisan/political lines.

[rahbert]

quit confusing people with facts already!