Facts About the management of U.S. ports

The last two weeks there was a ruckus about who runs our ports. The commotion began when it became public that the British company Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which manages Terminal at 6 U.S. ports had been bought by Dubai Ports World. DPW is owned by Dubai, which is one of the seven emirates of the UAE. Since then there has been declared many facts that have failed to done. Any discussion must be based on facts and not fear and political attitudes. While I believe that none of the port operations should be managed by companies from out side the U.S., I do not agree with using false information to promote that position.

Fact 1. DPW is not buying 6 American ports. All ports in the United States are owned by States are in fact placed anywhere on the doors are the property of companies inside or outside of the United States. That being said there are terminals, warehouses and other facilities that are leased to companies both inside and outside of the United States. DPW is purchasing Pando Pando managing shipping terminals in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.

Fact 2. None of our ports are operated by companies inside or outside the United States. Our doors are operated by public entities called the Port Authority. Many local port authorities outsource the management of individual terminals within the port. Many times these terminals are leased to the company that manages them.

Step 3. There are companies in America are able to manage operations at our ports. I have seen numerous articles and many posts on blogs that say that our port operations are managed by foreign companies because there are companies in America that do that type of work. The truth is that two of the 10 largest management companies of the harbor are here in the U.S..

Fact 4 The U.S. Coast Guard, Customs, harbor police and the Department of Homeland Security for all terminal operators. The operators themselves are responsible for safety. That said there are a lot of information about how our ports are managed and potential vulnerabilities in the hands of companies out side of our country.

Not facts 1, 2 and 4 means that we should allow foreign companies to manage operations at our ports? I do not think so. It is one thing for a private company for the work source from outside the United States and another for our government to do so. If you look at the approval numbers for President and Congress can be seen that 65% to 70% of people are not satisfied with the quality of jobs they are doing. We all agree that it would be wrong source of these positions to people of other countries that could do the job cheaper. Below are the top 4 reasons why something should not allow the out sourcing operations of our ports to companies outside the United States.

1. Government: We are all familiar with the concept of government by the people, by the people for the people. The ports are part of our government. The management of the operations of our ports should be done by our people and our people.

2. Security: Our ports are one of the most sensitive points of access to our country. Even if we manage security people from foreign countries who have access to every detail about how one of our ports is running, how to access the port, the port vulnerabilities and how to access security gates work.

3. Taxes: Our ports are managed by taxes paid by citizens of the United States is right to take tax money and give it to companies outside the United States. Although some of these taxes are paid by the shipping company that uses the port. These fees are figured into the price of goods and transferred to the consumer.

4. Economy: Many of our Port Authority does not want to manage the day to day operations of our ports and then into a source port management to private companies. If our government is out sourcing works quality management in companies outside the United States only because they pay people less.

If you are interested in signing the petition to ask our elected officials to request the management of the operations of our ports to be the company headquartered here in the U.S. then visit this site.
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