[WOSG]

Doesnt happen to be Port Townsend does it? my wife and I stayed there at a B&B. really nice small town at the tip of peninsula (olympic range?).

can it handle container cargo?

My grandpa was a tough longshoreman type in brooklyn. had mob connections. we'll see if i handle the heat. wed have to become democrats i think. :-)

If you have a port that can handle container shipping, or maybe get creative and do it *in the sound itself* ... I got a PhD, man of many ideas ... you may be able to get around some of the restrictions of current system. Think of floating barges that have railcars on top. Then you dont even need a deepwater port... hmmm. :-)

OTOH, i bet for all the high-wage workers, most of the cost is capital.

Interesting thoughts.

[Polybius]

Doesnt happen to be (insert name of town here) does it?

If I told you, I'd have to kill you. :-)

can it handle container cargo?

With some dredging. Let's just say that I have taken great photos of the USS Nimitz at anchor with a 50 mm lens while standing in my own back yard.

My grandpa was a tough longshoreman type in brooklyn. had mob connections. we'll see if i handle the heat. wed have to become democrats i think. :-)

Told you I had it all figured out. :-)

Think of floating barges that have railcars on top. Then you dont even need a deepwater port... hmmm. :-)

The waterfront still has a railroad bridge that goes out to a mooring. Back in the old days, ships would dock at the mooring and the railroad cars would be loaded directly from the ships. With container ships, you just need a crane to put a container on a flat bed railroad car. Of course, that wooden railroad bridge is so old that it stays up just by force of habit.