80% of U.S. Ports Already Foreign-Owned Most of the terminals at America's major ports are already foreign-owned, according to a senior official with the largest U.S.-owned ports operator, SSA Marine. In an interview with National Public Radio on Sunday, SSA Vice President Bob Waters explained that there are 15 major ports in the U.S., comprising about 100 terminals. We operate seven of those terminals," he said, adding that the next biggest American ports operator, Maher Terminals, manages one terminal. A dozen additional terminals nationwide are managed by city or state governments. "Other than that," said Waters, "the rest of the...