duncan hunter LED the opposition to COSCO:
http://www.wnd.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=16720
Leading the effort to block COSCO from the facility were Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-OK, and Reps. Duncan Hunter and Randy "Duke" Cunningham, both San Diego-area Republicans. They and their conservative colleagues asserted that Chinese Communists could use the former base for military purposes and intelligence-gathering, allegations first raised in WorldNetDaily more than 18 months ago. Port officials and COSCO supporters disputed that contention citing two recent Department of Defense reports show that the shipping line does not present a national security threat to the United States.
"COSCO has a long and very troubling record of shipping both weapons and components of mass destruction around the world," said Hunter. "For all practical purposes, COSCO is the merchant marine of the Chinese military. As a result, they carry the cargo of the Chinese military upon command and without question. We do not need to increase their access to American soil."
http://www.house.gov/hunter/jul6-98.htm
COSCO Doesn't Deserve Long Beach Port
AGREEMENT REACHED TO BAN COSCO FROM LONG BEACH
http://www.house.gov/hunter/cosco99.htm
He's turned!
A few years later, other tenants at the [Long Beach, CA] port vacated space and Cosco was able to build its own terminal, says Art Wong, public information office for the Port of Long Beach.I think I read that COSCO is also looking to obtain terminal services in Boston. COSCO ships bring in lots of containers, even where COSCO doesn't have majority interest in the terminal.That terminal is operated by a joint venture between Cosco and a U.S. company, Stevedoring Services of America. "Cosco is the majority lease holder with 51 percent, says Wong.