[BlackbirdSST]

Who should manage our terminals?

US

Should we pass a law that kicks the Chinese out of the terminal business on US soil?

YES, and any other Foreign interest, including "Our FReinds, the Sauds".

Should our government go into the terminal business?

Surely you jest?

Should our government give tax-breaks to American companies that are willing to manage our terminals?

I'm a Fair Tax advocate, so that's lost on me.

Should we move our terminals 20 miles off shore?

Physically impossible, but I'm not sure of your point. Blackbird.

[syriacus]

syriacus: Should we move our terminals 20 miles off shore?

BlackbirdSST: Physically impossible, but I'm not sure of your point.

It doesn't seem impossible to those with who have vision

Yangshan deep-water port off Shanghai to begin operation

SHANGHAI, May 25(Xinhuanet)-- The first section of a deep-water port at Yangshan* Isles, east of Hangzhou Bay, will be completed and put into trial operation late this year.

*Yangshan, a group of small barrier islands 20 miles offshore. he Yangshan Islands boast a natural water depth of 49 feet, where fifth- and sixth-generation ships can come and go freely. The barrier islands create a sheltered bay and convenient, navigable approaches to what will become the new Shanghai Deepwater Port.

[hedgetrimmer]

Physically impossible, but I'm not sure of your point. Blackbird

Not so. A consortium of US shipping operators and private investors wanted to do this but were turned down by the federal government because the goal of the "ports deal" is to export money out of the US to the countries chosen by the Administration. Clinto chose China, Bush chooses UAE.