Edward H. Bilkey
Chief Operating Officer (Retiring)Edward H. (Ted) Bilkey is the Chief Operating Officer of DP World and reports directly to the CEO.
Ted has over thirty years of diverse experience in the transportation industry. He has served as the President of Norton Lilly & Co., a premier shipping agency in the United States. Mr. Bilkey was instrumental in the development of China Ocean Shipping Company's services to the United States after the opening of China in the 1980s. He also served as Vice President of Maher Terminals in the Port of New York, one of the major US Terminal Operators.
In the late 80s to mid 90s, Mr. Bilkey served as the Executive Director of Dubai Ports Authority and Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority and was involved in establishing the foundation for its rapid growth both domestically and internationally.
Mr. Bilkey is a graduate of Yale University and has Masters Degrees from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, run by Harvard, MIT and Tuffs Universities. He served in the US Navy after completing his graduate studies and has been in the shipping/terminal industry throughout his business career.
DP World . Management Team . Dubai Head Office
Idaho Mountain Express
For the week of November 7 - 13, 2001
Trying to understand Afghanistan
By PETER BOLTZ - Express Staff WriterAt first, it seemed a recent forum held at the Community School was misnamed.
People were interested in hearing about Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden, but the forum was called "A World in Conflict, An Evening of Understanding." ...
The authorities asked to speak and answer questions were Tony Mabbatt, Ted Bilkey and Ted Curran. ...
Bilkey is a retired shipping executive who has lived in Iran, Bahrain and other Muslim countries.
Bilkey, who said he was in Dubai during the Persian Gulf War of 1991, said that at that time "Americans were heroes. We were thought of as saviors, but we've totally lost it. What happened?"
He didn't answer this question, but he did have an answer to what he would tell President Bush.
"I think the first recommendation I would make is to take away a serious irritant by telling the Israelis to remove all the West Bank settlements," Bilkey said.
"I feel our government and media are tiptoeing around the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians," he said.
"Our government is not addressing the problem in an vigorous way. If we don't change our unqualified support of Israel, there is no way we can win the war on terrorism," Bilkey said.
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Other odds and ends elsewhere in the same thread. Great set of news stories at http://oriental_steam_navigation_co.newstrove.com/.
so the outgoing COO is pro-Palestinian too. hey, maybe he blames US support for Israel as the cause of 9-11. Let's call him before congress and ask him.
isn't this special. That will just give Chuck Schumer another talking point, while the administration twiddles its thumbs.
Port Chief Backs New Terminal Operator
By TED JACKOVICS
Published: Feb 17, 2006TAMPA - The Port of Tampa should move forward to secure P&O Ports North America Inc. as its terminal operator despite an emerging political issue over the sale of P&O's parent company to one in the United Arab Emirates, port director Richard Wainio said Thursday.
A pocket of congressional criticism based on fears of potential security risks arose this week over the control of P&O, which operates facilities in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami and 16 other major U.S. ports. ...
Dubai has been diversifying its economy from oil revenue with real estate and other deals in recent months. DP World would become one of the world's three largest port companies if the sale is completed.
The Port of Tampa late last year selected P&O Ports to replace SSA Gulf Inc. as its terminal operator. Officials had become dissatisfied with what they believed was a lack of commitment by SSA to invest in the port's fledgling container cargo operations.
Contracts to curtail operations with SSA Gulf and to formally begin operations with P&O Ports are scheduled to be considered at the Tampa Port Authority's monthly meeting Tuesday.
"There is no issue of security at U.S. ports changing because of a change in ownership of P&O Ports," Wainio said. "It is a business venture. The managers would be American and the employees would be local.
"Plus the terminal operator does not touch the cargo. They operate the cranes lifting the cargo at the port."
P&O Ports would pay the Port of Tampa a guaranteed annual minimum of $1.8 million, in addition to paying $1 million for maintenance of cranes. Seattle-based SSA guaranteed $1.6 million annually to the Port of Tampa, but did not pay maintenance. ...
Wainio said P&O also would participate in helping market the port's cargo container business and would be an asset through its connections with ocean carriers that serve other ports.