[mewzilla]

Well, all I know is that no US firm wanted to touch it back when the bids were let. Unless something's changed to make the idea more palatable, I can't see a US firm doing now, not for long anyway.

[Cboldt]

Well, all I know is that no US firm wanted to touch it back when the bids were let.

There was no "bid letting." Public companies are always availble for takeover. P&O was a publicly traded company.

Unless something's changed to make the idea more palatable, I can't see a US firm doing now, not for long anyway.

DPW may create a subsidiary that is wholly US-owned. Same people, different legal and tax structure.