Bob Watters
Bob Watters
company control exploring foreign involve none operations owned selling
None of the alternatives we are exploring would involve selling control of our U.S. operations to a company owned by a foreign government.
airport flying small using
It's like we're used to flying out of a small airport while they've been using O'Hare or JFK.
call frequency given per port schedules week
The frequency of their schedules -- how many times per week they call at a given port -- varies, which also makes cooperating useful.
business capital difficult intensive lines port rather shipping terminal
It's a capital intensive business to get into and ... to actually have the leases, it's very difficult because the port authorities want to give the leases to shipping lines rather than terminal operators. We would have a lot more terminal leases if we could.
dimensions layers security since taken
Since 9/11, (security) has taken on new dimensions that they didn't have before. There are many different layers of security in the process.
checked customs detailed found information light manifest picked realized
We realized it was light when we picked up the container. Customs checked the manifest (a cargo list) and found no detailed information in it.
lines shipping stay targeting terminal tie
What the ports wanted to do is they wanted to tie up shipping lines to stay at their ports. The ports really in a sense put the U.S. terminal operators, more of them, out of business, because they were targeting the shipping lines.