[tennmountainman]

I don't think ANY ports should be operated by non-americans.
Is that realistic? Maybe not. I think Americans were suprised to find that Americans did not operate ports.

[lepton]

I think Americans were suprised to find that Americans did not operate ports.

Americans operate American ports. This deal has nothing to do with port operation. It has to do with the operation of a few terminals within ports, but was completely misconstrued with such a holler that very few people have any idea what is going on, and the deal itself isn't even being discussed - just some hypothetical deal that no one is trying to do.

In Houston, for example, there are more than 150 terminals. Confusing the two is at best hysterical hyperbole.

P&O leases space at one Houston terminal for container repair and container storage, and provides queueing and stevedore services at another. It does not own either terminal, and DP World won't either (though as I understand,, it does own some terminals in other ports).

The stevedore service is manned by U.S. Union Longshoremen, and the cargoes are sent where U.S. customs specifies. They are not allowed to be opened until delivered to the customer except by U.S. Customs.

Now...does that sound even remotely like the conversation being screamed around the country?

[frannie]

If I remember during the past few days there were some in Congress that didn't KNOW that most of our TERMINALS [not ports]were operated by foreigners.

If we could just STOP stating the Ports being taken over. We are adding to the confusion as are all Congress Persons by continually using the word "ports" instead of "terminals". THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

No one is taking over or have any control over the ports.There are many terminals on the land around the ports. Are there not other terminals, on the ports being questioned? Or is Dubai taking over ALL the terminals in these ports?

[nopardons]

I guess that you don't want any foreign planes landing here or taking off from here, nor running their airport terminals here either. How about cruise ships?