Posted on 02/17/2006 3:43:01 PM PST by outofhere2
Michael Savage is talking to Chuck Schumer at this very minute.
Are you brain damaged?
The parties involved in this contract aren't responsible for cargo inspection or release.
Terrorism via Marine Container is not impacted one way or the other (that is, the threat is not lessoned or worsened) by who is running the Marine Terminal.
In fact, if your operation relied upon your cargo going to a specific terminal, the complexities have gone up dramatically because, guess what?
UAE DOENS'T OPERATE OCEAN VESSELS. How do you think the stuff gets here? On Asian or European - owned Vessels, that cargo can't be placed on those vesssels overseas unless US Customs gives the ok.
Who runs the yard here is irrelevent.
Please it was well known in the business world. There was no crony deal, it was a run of the mill business acquisition.
The contract between the port operator and the Port Authority is a local matter. The Port Authority can cancel the contract (likely with penalties).
Nice to know that Weiner and Schumer are playing catch-up on this issue. Here, scroll down a little - http://marklevinfan.com/
Schumer and Hillary were slow to respond, when they did they were tepid, now they are supposedly leading the charge.
"This is the most misinformed thread I have ever read."
The anti-smoking ones are more mis-informed. Everybody that says boo to them is a "nazi."
For anyone interested. Perhaps it's time to reread "Taipan" and other novels of that period by Clavell. Most of the characters and co.s are based on actual historical figures. They are capable of being identified by old shipping hands, inasmuch as they are only thinly disguised, and are still in existance today.
I'm not sure, but I think the officers of P&O lines are still allowed/required (?)to wear swords as part of their uniform.
Wanting to do business and having the control over 6 ports is two diffeentthings entirely.
Define 'having control'.
P&O the shipping line merged with Nedlloyd sometime ago.
Around the same time Maersk Line absord Sea-Land.
Now Maersk has also bought P&O.
http://www.maerskline.com/link/?page=appinfo&path=/ponl
says:
Welcome to Maersk Line
You have been redirected here because Maersk Sealand and P&O Nedlloyd now trade under the name Maersk Line.
To access the existing P&O Nedlloyd e-commerce services, please use the following:
» P&O Nedlloyd E-commerce
Maerskline.com offers you a wide range of online services that allow you to do business fast, accurately, efficiently, and 24 hours a day. You can find the services in the "Do Business" menu to the right.
To gain access and benefit from all our online services you have to register and download a digital certificate.
» New user registration
Learn more about Maersk Line and our online business services:
» Maersk Line live
Access to P&O Nedlloyd tariffs and essential terms publications governing shipments to and from the United States.
====
So I doubt they're running around a huge giant container vessel with swords
The "business world" also favors the slave labor you so forcefully advocate for here. Business should have a major say in things, but not the final say when it comes to these issues.
Hmmmm... just like CAFTA. I can't believe all this is happening in the span of a couple of years.
Why do you think there are no American companies of stature in this biz? Or are there?
The chemical plant that caused the chain reaction was also poorly designed and had very little safety measures in place.
By all the modern standards and precautionary procedures that have become mandatory, Texas City would not have happened in this day and age.
Comparing the cargo ships of today to the ones from that era, are like comparing lazers to candles.
I've seen some doosies, but this is right up there.
Probably taxed out of the market and IMO if Halliburton had the contract he would be screaming 100 times louder.
Think about a management company hired to manage a parcel of real estate. They control everything, hiring, firing, paying bills, nearly everything. The same seems to be the case here, athough I could be wrong.
Again, right after 9/1 could you imgine this nonsense going on today? Its not only this issue - the border???
After 9/11 is there any excuse for not throwing te illegals out and closing the border?
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