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Commentary: Port monopoly — no thanks

American Shipper Magazine

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

To hand over a major container port to a private operator, whose sole focus is on profit and not to be a business and job-creating entity for that region, would create a very dangerous precedent for America’s ports. The result would undoubtedly increase costs to shippers if they were to fall from favor of this port operator with the mindset of pure profit. The customers’ choice to select and negotiate terms in that port would also vanish. There is not a major container...

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